Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that there was nothing unusual in a planned exercise involving the practice ...

Moscow's defense doctrine envisages a nuclear response to an atomic strike or even an attack with conventional weapons that ...

Since invading Ukraine in 2022, Putin has repeatedly made veiled threats to use tactical nuclear weapons against the West.

On Monday, Russia announced its Southern Military District would hold snap tactical nuclear weapons drills involving its ground, navy, and air forces that will help “iron out” how exactly it ...

Russian officials claimed the order was in response to comments from the West about the possibility of more direct ...

Detonating a nuclear weapon in space would “render low-Earth orbit unusable for a certain amount of time," one official says.

and peaceful nuclear programs are often the first step toward acquiring nuclear weapons. Although Saudi Arabia does not yet have substantial nuclear infrastructure of its own, it is constructing a ...

Claiming a "new round of escalation" from NATO amid the war in Ukraine, Russia plans drills simulating the use of battlefield ...

The threat was in a response to recent comments by Western officials that European powers could do more to help Ukraine in ...

Announcing snap tactical nuclear weapons exercises, Russia is increasing pressure on the West to reduce support for Ukraine. The exercises declared on Monday center on Russia’s southern military ...

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday that the military would hold drills involving tactical nuclear weapons — the first time such an exercise has been publicly announced by Moscow.

What Are Tactical Nuclear Weapons and Why Did Russia Order Drills? Russia's Defense Ministry said Monday that the military would hold drills involving tactical nuclear weapons — the first time ...