After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki demonstrated the power of nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union accelerated a secret program to close the growing technological gap with the United ...
Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe. By William J. Broad President ...
Russia has test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile, with President Vladimir Putin describing the nuclear-capable Sarmat weapon as the world’s “most powerful” missile. State television ...