France has an estimated 290 nuclear warheads, most of which are launched from submarines.

An expert on military escalation, Pape warned Sunday that Tehran could carry out a nuclear weapons test as part of an effort to confront President Donald Trump with a major military and political ...

The U.S. has not conducted a physical nuclear test since 1992 after President George H.W. Bush entered into a unilateral moratorium on nuclear weapons testing.

The U.S. energy department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has conducted an underground chemical ...

UNITED NATIONS — With the U.S., Russia, China and other countries that have nuclear weapons refusing to ratify the treaty that bans atomic testing, the United Nations warned on Monday that any new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image distributed by China's Xinhua news agency purports to show the test of a submarine-launched missile on July 6, 2026.

TOKYO / ASTANA, Aug 31 2026 (IPS) - Across the vast steppe of northeastern Kazakhstan, the scars of the Cold War remain visible. At the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, the Soviet Union conducted 456 ...

The year 2026 holds a special place in Kazakhstan’s history, marking three significant anniversaries: 35 years since the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, 30 years since the ...