A Cold War-era map from a 1986 study shows the devastating potential death toll if nuclear bombs were dropped on the United ...

A website that lets users simulate a nuclear attack has seen an uptick in users amid the ongoing war with Iran.

The previous chapters present the results of the work carried out to address the committee’s charge, including a literature review, calculations, and analysis of information presented by many experts.

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing at least four million premature deaths from cancer and other diseases over time, according to a new report delving into ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the war with Iran began because that country was starting work on a new site for ...

According to NUKEMAP, Western Texas, most of Nevada, Michigan, and Wisconsin would be "notably in the clear," reports Mira Safety, who analyzed the data. They added, "With that said, the latter two ...

Recent conflicts in Europe and the Middle East have reignited fears about the use of nuclear weapons. What would a nuclear conflict do to the planet’s environment today? In a new congressionally ...

At the outset of the Cold War era, the United States and the Soviet Union rapidly built up large nuclear arsenals as part of the prevailing doctrine of deterrence, under which each nation attempted to ...

During the Cold War, nuclear weapons were central to military strategy, but their deployment also carried enormous risks. Several incidents revealed just how dangerous the handling and transportation ...

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