On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagaski, Professor Nicholas Wheeler explores how fear of nuclear destruction is not an effective deterrent.

The Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight as analysts debate nuclear deterrence effectiveness amid rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine and China's arsenal expansion.

Donald Trump ruffled Kremlin feathers last week, when he ordered two US nuclear submarines to move closer to Russia.

It was not just a pointless demonstration of bravado - it also showed that careless words and vague military threats can move the world closer to a disastrous conflict.

The Russian and Chinese navies have practiced hunting and destroying an enemy submarine in the Sea of Japan, Russia's defence ...

American nuclear forces consist of ballistic missile submarines, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, and bomber ...

For a guy who's running uphill, Champaign County Board member Jeff Wilson doesn't sound either tired or discouraged.

General Dynamics has a $53 billion backlog—or future revenue—in its marine systems business, including $18 billion in ...

But U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, and other lawmakers warned that there are funding gaps in the White House budget ...

Japan marked 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Wednesday with a ceremony reminding the world of the horrors ...

NAGASAKI, Japan • Eighty years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, as the Enola Gay winged its way back to the Pacific Island of Tinian, ...

Ukraine obtains classified data on Russia's newest nuclear submarine, intelligence claims * 'Productive' phone call with ...