Nuclear weapons shaped every decision of the Cold War — but why weren’t they ever used? This video explores the evolution of ...

UK and Nato’s nuclear threat not enough to deter Putin, ex-military chief warns - Warning comes amid concerns that the UK and its allies do not have sufficient manpower for a coalition of the willing ...

Israel’s conflict with Iran represents far more than another Middle Eastern crisis – it marks the emergence of a dangerous new chapter in nuclear rivalries that has the potential to reshape global ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition I'm looking at Iran ...

Personnel test load an unarmed B61-12 bomb, which can be outfitted with a nuclear warhead, on a B-2 Spirit bomber in 2022 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. (A1C Devan Halstead/U.S. Air Force) ...

The Cold War ended in 1991. The United States’ commitment to prevent its adversaries’ nuclear ambitions and to extend its nuclear arsenal as an umbrella of protection to its partners has remained ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... There are, roughly speaking, three schools of doctrine on nuclear defense. The first and dominant is the line of thought emanating from John ...

Japan’s identity as a country affected by atomic bombings appears to be changing to an emphasis on deterrence under the U.S. nuclear umbrella. At the Peace Tower by the banks of the Ota-Gawa River, ...

The puzzle of nuclear deterrence is now further muddied by the emergence of cyber threats and their nebulous role in conflict escalation. As doctrine continues to be shaped, there is the ongoing risk ...

BURNS — In an underground facility northwest of Burns, dedicated 90th Missile Wing defenders conduct essential nuclear deterrence operations. The Alpha-01 Missile Alert Facility (MAF) hosts one of the ...

Smoke rises from locations targeted in Tehran amid the third day of Israel's waves of strikes against Iran, on June 15, 2025. Photo by Khoshiran/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images Israel’s ...