The U.S. is building 12 Columbia-class submarines armed with ballistic missiles to serve as its sea-based nuclear deterrent ...

The agency responsible for designing, building, maintaining and securing U.S. nuclear weapons is facing staff furloughs and its contractors will soon experience mass layoffs due to the federal ...

President Donald Trump announced on Oct. 29 that the United States will "immediately" resume nuclear weapons tests, a move he said is needed to ensure the country keeps up with its rival nuclear ...

SLBMs can be launched from underwater nearly anywhere in the world—and are incredibly difficult to intercept, making them ...

A nuclear war would not mark the extinction of one nation or race, it would signify the obliteration of humanity itself. The true spirit of science and knowledge can only survive when it safeguards ...

Newsweek’s Naveed Jamali recently joined some of those men and women on board a ballistic missile submarine—and in doing so became the first journalist to film all three branches of the nation’s ...

For better or worse, the U.S. nuclear arsenal is currently having a moment. First, "A House of Dynamite" became an instant No. 1 hit for Netflix shortly after its global streaming debut in October.

My journey to complete the nuclear triad took me aboard both a B-52 and a B-2 stealth bomber, down into a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile silo and deep beneath the waves on a ballistic ...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had instructed the Defense Department to “immediately” start testing nuclear weapons "on an equal basis" with other nations. “Because of other countries ...