The US has a total of six unaccounted-for nuclear warheads from 32 documented Broken Arrow accidents - and the detonation of any single one of these warheads could annihilate a city and claim millions

While a jacketed nuclear bomb may not be capable of wreaking destruction on a massive scale, its deployment on a smaller scale could nevertheless prove highly effective.

For decades, Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been a source of concern for the US and its allies. The fear is that Tehran could eventually build an atomic weapon, an eventuality that Israel views as an existential threat.

"A weakened Iran has discovered a weapon more powerful than the nuclear bomb and cheaper to use," writes Bobby Ghosh

A website that lets users simulate a nuclear attack has seen an uptick in users amid the ongoing war with Iran.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The first atomic bomb test in New Mexico on July 16, 1945 opened the door to the dangerous nuclear arms races we have seen ever since. J. Robert Oppenheimer, a ...

After a mid-air collision off Tybee Island in 1958, the military spent decades dredging the coast for a 7,600-pound nuke. It remains buried in the mud.

A Spanish farmer witnessed a US nuclear bomb fall into his tomato field in 1966 after a B-52 bomber collided with a refuelling craft over Palomares - one of 32 documented Broken Arrow incidents with s