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Moscow has prompted fresh concern over its willingness to deploy the devastating weapons, today commencing exercises with its Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems

The nine official and unofficial nuclear powers hold 9,576 ready-to-use warheads in 2023 - up from 9,440 the year prior, according to the Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor

Developed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering, the Yars missile has a range of 12,000 km. An upgraded version of the Topol-M missile, the RS-24 can carry at least six independently targetable warheads – a payload dozen times stronger than the bomb the Americans dropped on Hiroshima

Sharing details of missile tests has been a key part of strategic stability for decades, allowing Russia and the U.S. to correctly interpret each others moves and avoid disastrous mistakes

The number of atomic warheads in operation in the world increased in 2022, driven largely by Russia and China, a new report released Wednesday said, with

The possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine is slim, Chatham House said, but it could quickly turn into a serious concern if Putin feels defeat

The war that began with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has passed a grim one-year milestone, with mounting military and civilian deaths

The war that began with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has passed a grim one-year milestone, with mounting military and civilian deaths

The war that began with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has passed a grim one-year milestone, with mounting military and civilian deaths

Switzerland says urgent measures must be taken to reduce risks linked to nuclear weapons that Russia may station in Belarus.