Pickaxe is a heavily fortified facility deep underground that would be difficult to penetrate even with powerful 'bunker buster' bombs.

IRAN’S new Ayatollah is even more determined to develop a nuclear bomb than his late father, Washington fears. Fresh US intelligence suggests the killing of the former supreme leader

The previous supreme leader, who was killed early in the war, had renounced nuclear weapons. U.S. spy agencies believe his son is more interested in building a bomb.

The president’s generosity to Saudi Arabia — which has numerous lucrative deals with his family — threatens to unleash a flood of new nuclear programs.

The Trump administration may have just signed an agreement so controversial that President Donald Trump himself is opposed to it.  The US and Saudi Arabia signed a landmark civilian nuclear deal this week,

An explosion has reportedly occurred in Bushehr city, southern Iran, as reported by Iran’s Mehr News Agency. The city is home to Iran’s only civilian nuclear power plant, which has been a focal point in the ongoing US-Israeli military campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear and energy infrastructure.

Nuclear experts say it throws fuel on the smoldering fire of atomic proliferation, creating a destabilizing situation that could raise the risk of nuclear war.

We don't always get to pinpoint the exact moment the world changes. But when the New Mexico dawn was torn open at 5:29 am on 16 July 1945, it was, without a doubt, a pivotal moment in humanity's history. That was the United States Army's Trinity test: the ...

On 9 July 1962, during one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War, the United States carried out one of the most extraordinary military experiments in history.

ALBUQUERQUE – Standing next to a 12-foot nuclear bomb that looks more like a trim missile than a weapon of mass destruction, engineer Phil Hoover exudes pride. “I feel a real sense of accomplishment,” he said. He and fellow engineers at Sandia ...