A new monument will be put up in southeast New Mexico honoring the sacrifices eight men made while aiding the United States' ...

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 ...

Drones have the potential to enhance nuclear deterrence, but they also introduce significant risks in terms of escalation ...

The apparent tranquility of the immediate post–Cold War period that led many to optimism in this regard no longer exists, and the premature demotion of nuclear deterrence could unintentionally ...

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.

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

By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Feb 10, 2025 During the height of the Cold War, the U.S. military and atomic scientists decided to fire some nuclear rockets into space. The goal wasn’t to see how ...

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

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 ...

could within a matter of hours or days escalate into a global nuclear war. It concluded that efforts to strengthen and improve deterrence had conversely made it more difficult to obtain regional ...