The Russian military has conducted large-scale naval exercises and has issued a chilling nuclear threat to the West, ...

Russia's bizarre Doomsday Radio - supposedly linked to the nuclear readiness of Russian forces - cackled into life to issue ...

In terms of the safety and security of the arsenal, Russia’s is “roughly on par with other nuclear arms states,” said Sanders-Zakre. “Of course any country can have accidents,” she said.

Images of tanks on Russian streets brought to mind the failed 1991 coup by communist hardliners that raised concerns about the security of the Soviet nuclear arsenal and the possibility of a rogue ...

The U.S. has seen no change to Russia’s nuclear posture, according to a U.S. National Security Council official who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity. As a result… ...

Today, Russia is believed to have the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, including 1,000-2,000 tactical nuclear weapons, says Hans Kristensen, head of the nuclear information project at the ...

Over the past year, Russia has engaged in a campaign of violence against the basic principles of nuclear security. Such reckless misconduct demands the world’s attention—and our action.

Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have reaffirmed a nearly 50-year-old ban on placing weapons of mass destruction into orbit, two months after reports ...

Russia will keep sending nuclear warning signals to its enemies in the West until they get the message, an influential foreign policy hawk said on Wednesday. Security expert Sergei Karaganov has ...

MOSCOW, June 25 (Reuters) - Russia's top diplomat for arms control said on Tuesday that Russia had made advances in nuclear deterrence that would allow it to ensure its security for decades to ...

President Vladimir Putin’s decision to put Russian nuclear forces on alert thrust the crisis over Ukraine into a more volatile phase on Sunday, fueling the potential for deadly miscalculation as ...

Those concerns have risen with the Russian rhetoric and with U.S. intelligence about the discussions among senior generals. “When the leader of a modern nuclear power, as Mr. Putin is, talks as ...