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An F/A-18 E launches from the deck during flight training ops aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, off the Virginia Coast.
Critical State
Left unresolved: Part II
The International Space Station is a great example of how space has, for the most part, been a peaceful and collaborative international arena.
Global Politics
Space law hasn’t been changed since 1967 – but the UN aims to update laws and keep space peaceful
France's President Emmanuel Macron wears a flowers leis and seashell necklaces gestures as he speaks up on his arrival as the mayor Manihi John Drollet stands next to him at the Manihi Atoll, 312 miles northeast of Tahiti, French Polynesia.
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New study on nuclear testing in French Polynesia reveals France’s ‘censorship and secrecy’
In this file photo taken on Wed. June 24, 2020, Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles roll in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the Nazi defeat in Moscow, Russia.
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US and Russia extend key nuclear arms reduction treaty
S3 E4 (The Wrong Apocalypse) – This Is Not a Drill
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a submarine surfaces with bird flying overhead
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Nukes? What nukes? US military’s ‘neither confirm nor deny’ policy complicates activists’ trial
Two diplomats stand in front of a sign that reads ban nuclear weapons
Global Politics
Can the Ban Treaty eliminate the threat of nuclear war? The clock is ticking down
Kim Jong-un inspects a large metal piece of equipment with others around him.
Expert: ‘Cautiously optimistic’ about possible peace deal with North Korea
A boy looks at a photograph showing Hiroshima city after the 1945 atomic bombing, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Japan, Aug. 6, 2007.
Conflict & Justice
Tell us your thoughts on nuclear security
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sits at a desk in the nearground and watches a missile launch in the distance.
Conflict
North Korea says will stop nuclear tests and scrap its test site
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Science
After the Cold War, US struggles with a glut of poisonous plutonium
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attends the first congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party in 36 years, in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 9, 2016.
Conflict
Where things stand with North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un cheers with scientists and technicians after the test-launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile
Conflict
Here’s what it’d look like to have a nuclear North Korea capable of bombing the US
A test launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, August 2nd 2017
Conflict
The only effective arms against North Korea’s missile bunkers are nuclear weapons, says a top war planner
A US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
Conflict
North Korea threatens missile strike on US Guam base as Trump warns of ‘fire and fury’
White mushroom-shaped cloud surrounded by dark skies tinged with red
Global Politics
Can a nuclear explosion be peaceful? US scientists used to think so.
North Korean nuclear scientists cheer leader Kim Jong Un
Conflict
North Korea fires another missile, the ‘DPRK’s answer to the Trump administration’
Clifton Truman Daniel with his grandpa, former President Harry S. Truman, c.1963
Global Politics
Harry S. Truman’s grandson speaks out against nuclear weapons
U.S. President Donald Trump on stage at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania this weekend.
Conflict
100 days in, world leaders are still wondering if there’s any reason to Trump’s antics
A test-fire of North Korea's Pukguksong-2 guided missile in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, Feb. 13, 2017.
Conflict
President Trump, do you have a red line when it comes to North Korea?
A South Korean soldier patrols at a checkpoint on the Grand Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul, April 8, 2013.
Conflict
A father remembers when Korea was one country. His son dreams of seeing the same someday.
The US detonates "Mike," the first hydrogen bomb, on Nov. 1, 1952.
Conflict
From the Manhattan Project to the Iran deal: A nuclear timeline
This image shows Baker, the second of the two atomic bomb tests
Conflict
70 years after the first bomb was dropped on their homes, some Bikini islanders are still awaiting compensation
US President Barack Obama at the Pentagon
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Why President Obama is moving ahead with the biggest modernization of US nuclear weapons in decades
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Will US ever be able to clean up the H-bomb material scattered on Spanish coast?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles during his visit to the construction site of the Paektusan Hero Youth Power Station near completion in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 14, 2015.
Global Politics
North Korea kindly reminds you it still has nuclear weapons
Levinsky Market
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To average Israelis, the problem with the Iran deal is ‘politics, not people’
Maryam Abolfazli in Iran.
Global Politics
Iranian American talks to her conservative relatives in Iran about the nuclear deal
The government of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says it is not interested in talks with the US aimed at freezing or giving up its nuclear program. This is an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 20, 2015.
Global Politics
The Iran nuclear deal has North Korea written all over it
B-61-12 bomb
Global Politics
Despite words to the contrary, the US is working on a new nuclear weapon
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with Hossein Fereydoun (C), the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R), before the Secretary and Foreign Minister addressed an international press corps gathere
Global Politics
With the Iran nuclear deal done, it’s time to sell it
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini during nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna, Austria, July 13, 2015.
Global Politics
Who made the Iran deal happen? Here are some of the people behind the scenes.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif waves after a plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015.
Global Politics
The Iran nuclear deal will end sanctions and curb its nuclear program, so why are hardliners still unhappy?
A general view of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, about 800 miles south of Tehran
Global Politics
Iran deal not based on trust, rather verification, says Obama
The US Department of Energy’s laboratory in Enewetak houses a full-body counter to detect levels of cesium ingested by individuals. It was out of service when we arrived on the atoll.
Environment
Stories from quarantine: Reporters tested for radiation in the Marshall Islands
US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz sit side-by-side on April 2, 2015, in Lausanne, Switzerland, before the P5+1 member nations held a meeting to discuss ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran.
Global Politics
The Iran nuclear deal wouldn’t have been possible without computer models
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif both say a landmark nuclear deal might still be possible.
Global Politics
Talks failed to produce a deal on Iranian nukes, but negotiations will go on
The Arak IR-40 heavy water reactor in Iran.
Conflict
Iranians are eager for a nuclear deal as negotiations near the deadline
U.S. President Barack Obama looks up as he and Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte hold a joint news conference at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague March 25, 2014. World leaders called on Tuesday for
Global Politics
From Russia-US relations to global terrorism, nuclear insecurity is as big a threat as ever
Islamic Republic of Iran Army T-55s move to front line of Iran-Iraq War.
Global Politics
The US and Iran part IV – hostile relations
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US allies in the Middle East are very nervous about the nuclear deal with Iran
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Iranian citizens deserve some credit for the Iranian nuclear deal
Global Scan
Iran and US agree, but on what exactly we’re not sure
Arts, Culture & Media
The Race to Secure Kazakhstan’s ‘Plutonium Mountain’
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Expansive definition for ‘weapon of mass destruction’ gives prosecutors the power
G20 reaction to Iran’s nuclear disclosure
America’s nuclear policy
Arts, Culture & Media
Dresden Peace Prize Given to an Ex-Soviet Soldier Who Didn’t Do His Job
North Korea Conducts Most Powerful Nuclear Test Yet
Call to Secure Nuclear Material at Seoul Summit
Conflict & Justice
Who controls Gadhafi’s weapons?
Arts, Culture & Media
Japan tragedy finds expression in cartoons
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Legacy of Nuclear Weapons
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What’s New in Nukes
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Increased Secret Shipments Endeavor to Secure Nuclear Material
Conflict & Justice
‘New START’ ratified, but loose nuclear material remains worrisome