Nuclear weapons have reshaped global politics and deterrence since 1945, concentrating immense destructive power in a few states while continuing to pose enduring strategic and existential risks.

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President Donald Trump has claimed that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was "a road to a nuclear weapon" and the country "would be sitting with a massive nuclear weapon three years ago" if he hadn't withdrawn the U.

With the world struggling to get oil supplies moving from the Middle East, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich raised eyebrows with a social media post highlighting a radical idea: Use nuclear bombs to cut a new channel along a route that would avoid Iranian threats in the Strait of Hormuz.

Some of the most powerful weapons ever developed by the United States were designed to dominate the battlefield, but in doing so they came dangerously close to exceeding the limits of practical use. From high-yield nuclear systems to experimental technologies,

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Japan’s long-standing status as a non-nuclear power is under fresh scrutiny after a report argued that the country could assemble its own nuclear weapons within roughly three years. The claim has sharpened regional anxieties, especially in China, and ...