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Nobel Physicist David Gross Puts Nuclear-War Risk at 2% a Year, Points to 35-Year Outlook

The estimate reframes near-term existential risk for policymakers.

Europe Drafts Emergency Defense Plan to Backstop NATO Without U.S.

IAEA Says North Korea Is Rapidly Expanding Its Nuclear Weapons Production Capacity

USFK Sets Up J10 Unit to Integrate Nuclear Deterrence With South Korea

Dimona Strike Revives Scrutiny of Israel’s Secret Nuclear Arsenal

U.S. Push for Broader Nuclear Deal Meets Chinese Rebuff as New START Lapse Deepens Uncertainty

Gingrich Cites Satirical ‘Thermonuclear’ Canal Idea in Post About the Strait of Hormuz

Araghchi Confirms 440 kg of 60% Uranium, Says Bomb Comparison Was About Concessions

U.S. Presses Nuclear Talks in Geneva After New START Expires, Citing China Buildup

Putin Names Nuclear Triad Development Russia's 'Absolute Priority' After New START Expiry

Russia Warns It Would Target Estonia if NATO Nuclear Weapons Were Stationed There

U.S. Unveils Seismic Readings Linked to 2020 Lop Nur Event as It Weighs Low‑Yield Nuclear Tests

New START Expires With U.S. Pivoting to a China-Inclusive Arms-Control Push

Satellite Images Show China Upgrading Secretive Nuclear Sites in Sichuan

With New START Gone, U.S. and Russia Restart High-Level Military Talks

After New START Expires, Russia Puts Onus on U.S., Offers Conditional Restraint

New START Lapses as Russia Offers Conditional Compliance and U.S.–Russia Talks Resume

Russia Conditions Nuclear Limits on U.S. Compliance as Europe Weighs a Deterrence Gap

Russia Says It Will Honor New START Caps if U.S. Does After Treaty Expires

Lavrov Links Russia’s Nuclear Limits to U.S. Restraint, Warns Over Greenland Militarization