The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Weapons

Bluffing or not, Putin’s declared deployment of nuclear weapons to Belarus ramps up saber-rattling

Sometime this summer, if President Vladimir Putin can be believed, Russia moved some of its short-range nuclear weapons into Belarus, closer to Ukraine and onto the doorstep of NATO’s members in Central and Eastern Europe

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Visiting the Trinity Site featured in 'Oppenheimer' is a sobering reminder of the horror of nuclear weapons

Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film Oppenheimer is a biopic about the theoretical physicist behind the atomic bomb. After watching the film, I was inspired to write about my visit to the actual Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb was detonated.

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2023

How the Soviets stole nuclear secrets and targeted Oppenheimer, the 'father of the atomic bomb'

“Oppenheimer,” the epic new movie directed by Christopher Nolan, takes audiences into the mind and moral decisions of J. Robert Oppenheimer, leader of the team of brilliant scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, who built the world’s first atomic bomb. It’s not a documentary, but it gets the big historical…

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2023

Christopher Nolan: ‘Very strong parallels’ between Oppenheimer and scientists worried about AI

Clear similarities between J Robert Oppenheimer’s views and those who want AI reined in, film’s director says

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2023

Anti-nuclear groups welcome Oppenheimer film but say it fails to depict true horror

UK campaigners hope movie will draw attention to ‘real and present danger’ posed by atomic weapons

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2023

North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into the sea as US docks nuclear submarine in South Korea

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea early Wednesday in what appeared to be a statement of defiance as the United States deploys a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in decades

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

US deploys nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea in show of force against North

THE United States has deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 18, 2023

Events that never happened could influence the 2024 presidential election – a cybersecurity researcher explains situation deepfakes

Imagine an October surprise like no other: Only a week before Nov. 5, 2024, a video recording reveals a secret meeting between Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The American and Ukrainian presidents agree to immediately initiate Ukraine into NATO under “the special emergency membership protocol” and prepare for a nuclear…

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2023

Decades after the first atomic weapons test in 1945, nuclear disarmament has stalled.

Much more needs to be done to rid the world of more than 12,500 nuclear weapons, most of them held by the U.S. and Russia, and to redirect the billions spent on these weapons.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 15, 2023

How America’s push for the atomic bomb spawned enduring radioactive waste problems in St. Louis

Newly public documents are showing how America’s push for the atomic bomb helped saddle St. Louis with an enduring radioactive waste problem

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2023