US intelligence agencies believe that China is developing a new generation of nuclear weapons and has conducted at least one covert explosive test in recent years as part of a broader push to ...

The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration plan to jointly test a high-energy laser weapon designed to shoot down small drones at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The test, announced ...

Scientific knowledge about the damaging effects of nuclear-weapons testing helped to end such tests. Those findings haven’t changed.

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Experts warn that resumption of full nuclear weapons tests is unnecessary and would undermine the United States' efforts to discourage other nations from testing their own nukes. (Tech. Sgt. Draeke ...

Nuclear weapons tests were once a regular occurrence, but most countries haven’t tested in decades, following the adoption of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in 1996. Now, that moratorium ...

The US military needs to improve its weapons testing processes, according to a new watchdog report. Needed improvements include involving testers early, iterative testing, digital twinning, and user ...