birthed by the bomb and the tensions of the Cold War, which sought to contain the ultimate destructive force. From deterrence to disarmament and non-proliferation, keeping the nuclear threat at ...

During the Cold War, the term strategic forces referred to nuclear weapons deployed on strategic delivery systems: ...

The Trident II nuclear missile, used since the end of the Cold War, will have its service life extended until 2084 through a ...

Drones have the potential to enhance nuclear deterrence, but they also introduce significant risks in terms of escalation control and first-strike stability.

A Cold War nuclear missile will remain in service for a total of 94 years thanks to a US$383 million US Navy contract, with Lockheed Martin to modernize the submarine-launched Trident II missile and ...

Despite being the only nation to have ever used nuclear weapons in war, since the Cold War the United States has maintained a position called "deterrence" in relation to its use of nuclear weapons.

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ puts clock at 89 seconds from nuclear apocalypse, closer to ‘midnight’ than even during the ...

Will nuclear deterrence and strategic stability as it ... was postulated by American academics and analysts in the early decades of the Cold War. President Richard Nixon subscribed to such ...