Artificial intelligence-powered conflict simulations have, according to the experts that use them to plan for potential wartime scenarios, gotten extremely trigger-happy in their digital conflicts.

The National Museum of the US Air Force features a Minuteman II missile procedures trainer where crews practiced for doomsday ...

With nuclear tensions rising due to the conflict between Israel and Iran, Newsweek has analyzed maps of what a nuclear war would look like if the U.S. were targeted. Israel launched a wave of strikes ...

What would happen if a nuclear war triggered a climate-altering catastrophe? Researchers have modeled how such a scenario could devastate global corn crops cutting production by as much as 87% due to ...

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a top military official issued separate warnings over the weekend ahead of ...

It's easy to assume nuclear war only affects those close enough to see that most terrifying of clouds. In reality, the devastation could stretch around the world. A new study shows just how badly ...

While the world is still grappling with the threat of nuclear war, a new study has raised new alarm bells. The study indicated that even a small nuclear war could be a dangerous threat to humanity. It ...

It would be a-crop-alyptic. Amid rising tensions around the world, Penn State University scientists have revealed what the fallout would be from a nuclear war — with an unfathomable famine, mass ...

A new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines the potential environmental, social, and economic effects that could unfold over the ...

The National Museum of the US Air Force features a Minuteman II missile procedures trainer. The simulator was used to train crew members to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Similar ...