Nuclear war
Russian Space Boss Warns Against Nuclear War: NATO 'Destroyed in Half Hour'
"In a nuclear war, NATO countries will be destroyed by us in half an hour," said Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russia's Roscosmos space agency.
Russia Plans to Send Message by Flying Nuclear 'Doomsday' Plane at Parade
Russia plans a rare flight of the Ilyushin Il-80, which is designed to accommodate top officials in the event of a nuclear war, during its coming "Victory Day" march.
Russia Plays Down Nuclear War Talk After U.S. Ambassador Chides NATO
Russian Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman Alexey Zaitsev said that nuclear war "must not be unleashed."
Russian State TV Keeps Threatening Nuclear Strikes—Should We Be Concerned?
Russian news programs discussing the war in Ukraine are ramping up talks of nuclear Armageddon.
Bill O'Reilly Says Putin Could Be Wiped Off the Earth by U.S. in One Day
"We have those weapons in space right now, aimed right at Vlad," the former Fox News host said.
Huge Solar Storm Once Almost Triggered Nuclear War Between U.S. And Russia
When a solar flare knocked out radio communications during the Cold War, disaster was narrowly averted. Experts discuss how likely this scenario is today.
Russian State TV Comforts Viewers on Nuclear War: 'We All Die Someday'
"But we will go to heaven, while they will simply croak."
Putin Using Nuclear War Threat to 'Blackmail the World,' Zelensky Says
This comes one day after Russia's top diplomat said nuclear weapons were a viable option.
China Urges Restraint After Russia Warns of World War III
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that "all parties should...support dialogue and negotiation to prevent the expansion and prolongation of conflicts."
Russia Is Openly Talking About World War 3 for the First Time
Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said "there can be no winners in a nuclear war."
The Threat of Nuclear War Should Not Be 'Underestimated,' Kremlin Says
"The danger is serious, real," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said of a potential nuclear war. "And we must not underestimate it."
More Than 4 in 5 Russians Fear Nuclear War With U.S.—Poll
Vladimir Putin retains overall favorability with 86 percent of his own citizens but only 4 percent of Americans expressed at least somewhat favorable views of the Russian leader.
Russian State TV Threatens Nuclear Attack On Europe
Countries behave "too boldly" and they don't realize we can "handle them way faster" than Ukraine, a Russian TV panelist warned.
Russia Would Use Nuclear Weapons Amid 'Existential' Threat: Putin Spokesman
Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov referred to the country's "concept of domestic security" when asked about nuclear warfare.
Putin Threatens to Nuke the World
Strong powers completely failed to deter a conventional attack by a weak one, so we should now be prepared for deterrence to fail again.
Nuclear Fears Intensify as Ukraine War Builds. What Is Putin's Threshold?
A mistake—a Russian plane crossing into NATO territory or a NATO plane into Ukraine airspace—could bring the nuclear superpowers into direct conflict.
Biden Doesn't Think U.S. Should Worry About Nuclear War Amid Putin Tensions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has put his nuclear forces into "special combat readiness" after invading Ukraine.
China Accuses U.S. Official of Fueling Nuclear 'Panic' With Attack Warning
A top Pentagon official recently warned China could soon become capable of launching a "surprise" nuclear attack against the United States.
The U.S. Strategic Command Just Casually Tweeted About Nuclear War
The strange statement elicited a slew of panicked responses from those on Twitter who were quick to ask for clarification.
Pat Robertson Predicts Trump Re-Election Sparks War, Unrest, 'End Times'
Robertson said Trump's re-election will usher in an era of assassination attempts, civil unrest, world war and ultimately the "End Times."
U.S. Must End Nuclear 'First Strike' Policy
No single human being should be able to wield moral culpability for an action that could lead to millions of lives lost.
Exclusive: Inside the Military's Secret Plans If Coronavirus Cripples D.C.
What if all the Constitutional successors are incapacitated? Standby orders were issued more than three weeks ago to protect Washington and also prepare for the possibility of some form of martial law.
Even Regional Nuclear War Would Cause Unprecedented Global Food Crisis
"More people could die outside the conflict areas due to famine than due to the direct effects of the war," researcher Jonas Jägermeyr said
How to Live Stream the Doomsday Clock's 2020 Time Announcement
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists will reveal the clock hands' current position on Thursday. In 2019, they were at two minutes before midnight.
If India, Pakistan Start Nuclear War, 125 Million May Die Right Away: Study
Pakistani's Azad Kashmir President Masood Khan recently told Newsweek a war with India would "be tantamount to nuclear Armageddon."
North Korea's Strategy is Clear: Maximum Pressure
It seems Kim Jong Un is taking a page from America's foreign policy playbook. Trump has now made the problem much worse.
Putin Says Risk of Nuclear War Rising, Slams U.S.
Nuclear war "might lead to the collapse of civilization," Putin said in his annual Q&A with domestic and foreign media.
Kremlin: Nuclear War Will Take All to 'Heaven or Hell'
Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin's press secretary, said Monday that the Russian president did not specifically mean that Russians would go to heaven but was speaking in an "allegory," against the backdrop of President Donald Trump's threat that the U.S. would withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Moscow.
U.S.-China Nuclear War Threat Greater Than Most Realize
"This sobering reality should encourage leaders on both sides to find ways of resolving political, economic, and military disputes without resorting to a war that could rapidly turn catastrophic for the region and the world," wrote Caitlin Talmadge, an associate professor of security studies at Georgetown University.
AI Bigger Threat to Humanity than Terrorism
Little is preventing "cyber terrorists" from taking advantage of AI, warned Professor Jim Al-Khalili.