Nuclear War

Trump ‘floored’ Puerto Rico's former governor with talk of a nuclear first strike, book claims

"If nuclear war happens, we won’t be second in line pressing the button,” the former governor of Puerto Rico recalled Trump telling him.

When Putin and Xi hint at nuclear annihilation, take heed

We should not count on friends or neutrals to save our civilization. Otherwise, we will naively — and fatally — believe that we are magically exempt when the inconceivable becomes...

Iran just pulled its own nuclear teeth

Israel's retaliatory strike on Iran showed that it could send a barrage at Iranian nuclear sites with reasonable assurances that the incoming attacks could not be stopped.

I discovered a creepy nuclear bunker in my grandma's house — with very strange items

This homeowner used to party like it was 1945.

Iran ratchets up uranium enrichment following threats against Israel

The country has already enriched uranium to 60% purity, and it has enough of the substance to construct three nuclear bombs (provided it enriches the element further).

US wants nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one dropped on Japan

Amid ongoing wars in Israel and Ukraine, the United State Department of Defense is proposing the creation of a new nuclear bomb that would be more than 20 times more...

Russia tested next-generation nuclear weapon, 'no enemy would have chance of survival' in attack: Putin

"There is no situation today in which, say, something would threaten Russian statehood and the existence of the Russian state."

Chilling nuclear war drills held in Russia with kids in gas masks, sirens blaring

Sirens blared across Russia and emergency responders practiced dealing with nuclear fallout.

Nuclear doomsday threat is 'great and growing,' scientists urgently warn

Over 100 medical journals are simultaneously sounding the alarm that the potential for world-ending nuclear conflict is "great and growing."

Legendary blind mystic makes terrifying nuclear disaster prediction for 2023

A blind mystic who allegedly predicted 9/11 is said to have foreseen a nuclear disaster that will ravage Earth before the end of 2023.

Turn up the heat on Putin — and show him he can't defeat Ukraine

The boiled frog strategy assumes that Putin will wake up, realize that the cost of the war is too great to bear and sue for peace. 

This destination is the most likely to survive nuclear apocalypse: Study

New research published in Risk Analysis has found that, when judgment day arrives, a number of factors put the odds in favor of Oz faring the least poorly.

Biden calls global warming bigger threat to humanity than nuclear war during NYC speech

Biden says global warming is greater threat four months after warning of nuclear "Armageddon."

Doomsday Clock reset: World now faces ‘unprecedented danger’

Get your apocalypse survival kit ready: The world is the closest to the end of days as it has ever been, scientists warn.

Russia threatens nuclear war if it loses 'conventional' conflict in Ukraine

A Kremlin insider warned Thursday that Russia could start a nuclear war if it lost its conventional war in Ukraine.

Putin threatens preemptive nuclear strike as war drags on

The Russian president made the comment during a summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Friday.

Putin warns risk of nuclear war continues to grow as Ukraine invasion becomes 'long process'

The risk of nuclear war is growing, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday -- but not because of him.

Putin 'alarms' Macron by invoking Hiroshima bombing in talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly told French leader Emmanuel Macron that America's nuclear strikes against Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II are proof "you don't need to attack major...

Russian officials discussed the possibility of using nukes in Ukraine: report

Russian commanders reportedly discussed how and when nukes could be used in Ukraine last month — just weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted he was open to using weapons.