Faslane, on Scotland’s west coast, is home to the UK’s nuclear‑armed submarine fleet. But why are nuclear weapons based in Scotland? And does their presence make the UK safer, or Scotland a target?

The NPT is essentially a bargain struck in the late 1960s between the states that had nuclear weapons and those that did not.

Communities and servicemen have long argued they were harmed by fallout from above-ground nuclear weapons tests – but the UK ...

In a fresh report released on Friday, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and ...

This week, the potential use of a nuclear anti-satellite strike by Russia was the theme of a wargame exercise involving US ...

As tensions in the Middle East between the US-Israel alliance and Iran intensify each day, the growing risk of countries turning to nuclear arsenals remains a major global concern. Additional active ...