Nuclear Weapons

An ABC investigation into superannuation funds offering members "ethical" or "socially aware" options unearths millions of dollars of retirement savings invested in companies that make some of the most controversial and devastating weapons of war.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the plans, saying they would be in response to "provocative statements" from Western officials in recent weeks.

Sam Darke said he and other servicemen were "shocked" when they bore witness to Britain's nuclear bomb test at South Australia's Emu Field, feeling treated like "guinea pigs" who wore no protection and were simply told to cover their eyes.

During the 1972 election campaign, Gough Whitlam promised to lift the lid on Pine Gap and share its secrets. Ultimately, as prime minister, he was left out of the loop.  

When Roy Vincent was stationed at Maralinga in 1961, he purchased a boomerang from the village store as a token of his adventure. Now in the twilight of his life, he is doing his best to right a generational wrong.

The United Nations says it is investigating cyberattacks worth $US3 billion allegedly orchestrated by North Korea. 

State media says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised test firings of new cruise missiles and reiterated his goal of building a nuclear-armed navy.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sets economic, military and foreign policy goals for the coming year, lashing out at the US and vowing to launch new spy satellites, build military drones, and boost its nuclear arsenal.

A seven-year battle to prevent a radioactive medical waste facility being built on lands of the Barngarla community in South Australia has been recognised with an Australian Conservation Foundation award.

Russia says a moratorium on nuclear testing has not been abandoned, dismissing a suggestion by the editor of a state television channel that Moscow should detonate a nuclear device.

As the US prepares to spend $1.16 trillion revamping its nuclear defences, a rare glimpse inside the country's missile bases reveals many maintenance tasks are still done by hand.

The foreign minister puts a focus on conflict, climate change and nuclear weapons in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, calling for reforms to the UN to better respond to an "age of existential threats".

South Korea and the United States were close to completing 11 days of military drills when the simulated strike occurred.

Two years since the AUKUS deal was announced, the search for a sign that the government has made any progress on working out the details of the nuclear subs emits a sound as hollow as a sonar ping, writes Laura Tingle.

As the film Oppenheimer and war in Ukraine both draw attention to the threat of nuclear weapons, Melissa Parke says there is no better time for change.

As the film Oppenheimer and war in Ukraine both draw the world's attention to the threat of nuclear weapons, Melissa Parke says there is no better time for change.

The story of the first nuclear weapons is, in some respects, the story of a human chain reaction behind an atomic one. With scientists sharing information about the feasibility of a bomb, a crucial moment occurred in 1941, when Australian scientist Mark Oliphant met with American physicists in California.

Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Li Hongzhong and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu join North Korea's president to review nuclear-capable missiles and attack drones at a military parade in Pyongyang.

Nevil Shute's classic novel of nuclear annihilation, On the Beach, was published in June 1957. But the threat he warned of is still very much at the top of our collective mind, writes Alexander Howard.

Robert Oppenheimer is often placed next to Albert Einstein as the 20th century's most famous physicist, yet his name is not nearly so well known. Who was he and why will he forever be the "father of the atomic bomb"? 

Senior US officials say they are in talks with a "variety" of other countries about potentially involving them in the second phase of the AUKUS agreement, with artificial intelligence and quantum technologies on the table.

Iran presents what officials describe as its first domestically made hypersonic ballistic missile, an announcement likely to heighten Western concerns about Tehran's missile capabilities.

There is activity at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, but it's not what scientists at this cutting-edge nuclear laboratory trained for.

Alexander Lukashenko, Vladimir Putin's staunchest ally, invites other countries to "join in the Union State of Belarus and Russia" a week after the Kremlin deploys nuclear weapons in his country.

Russia moves ahead with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in the Kremlin's first deployment of such bombs outside Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.