This article appeared in History of War magazine issue 152. CIA analysts gathered around U-2 spy plane photographs taken of Cuban military facilities. With horror, they realised they had just discovered Soviet medium-range and intermediate-range nuclear ...

With doomsday nuclear weapons the last remnant of Russia's superpower status, President Vladimir Putin is stepping up threats to use them against Western powers aiding Ukraine. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty ...

“We did not, and will not, allow a bad agreement to materialize. A state that has emblazoned Israel’s destruction on its flag, deceived the world while developing nuclear weapons, and enriched uranium to levels with no explanation other than its desire for a military nuclear capability, is a state that will break out the moment it is able.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday countered President Trump’s claims that a U.S. strike in June destroyed Iranian nuclear facilities. “The US President boasts that they’ve bombed and destroyed Iran’s nuclear industry.

Foreign journalists headed to North Korea on Tuesday to watch the promised destruction of its nuclear test site, a move seen as a goodwill gesture before a planned summit with the United States. Reporters from China, the US and Russia departed on a charter ...

February 5, 2026 will be a historic day and possibly inch the world closer to a full-on nuclear war. On that day, the nuclear arms agreement between the world’s two major nuclear powers will expire, and there will no longer be a cap on the number of deployed nuclear weapons each nation is permitted