Nuclear weapon

Iran ‘frighteningly close’ to developing nuclear weapons, US energy secretary says - report

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright stressed that he considers even 20%-enriched uranium "very concerning," given the size of Iran's stockpile. 

Mockups of domestically-made Iranian missiles are displayed at an exhibition outside the Defence Museum in Tehran on March 31, 2026.
Ballistic missiles launched from Iran, as seen over Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, April 7, 2026.

Why Iran's ballistic missiles pose a greater threat than the nuclear issue - analysis

US President Donald Trump listens to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 8, 2026.

Iran's enriched uranium under US surveillance, will be extracted 'at some point', Trump says

US President Donald Trump points his finger during an event in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 17.

Trump says nuclear weapons 'should never be allowed,' will not be used against Iran


China hiding hundreds of intercontinental ballistic missiles in silo fields, Pentagon report warns

The Pentagon report also noted that China's nuclear expansion was ongoing and it was on track to have over 1,000 warheads by 2030.

A truck carrying a DF-31 intercontinental ballistic missile is seen at Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, in Haidian, Beijing, China, September 19, 2017

North Korea: Japan’s move toward nuclear weapons must be 'thoroughly curbed'

Japan began making active comments about nuclear weapons as soon as the United States approved a request from South Korea to build a nuclear submarine.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presides over the 13th plenary meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, December 12, 2025.

Trump security roadmap omits North Korea reference, raising diplomacy hopes

"The concept of 'denuclearisation' has already lost meaning. We have become a nuclear state," Kim told parliament in September. "I say 'denuclearisation' is the last, last thing to expect from us."

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, June 30, 2019

US not planning nuclear explosions at this time, energy secretary says

Trump had stated just before his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that he ordered the US to resume nuclear weapons testing after a 33-year hiatus.

Cooling towers at the former Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant during a tour by Constellation Energy in Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania, US, June 25, 2025