The Hiroshima atomic bomb, with an explosive yield of 15 kilotons, would be considered a low-yield nuclear weapon by today’s standards. The largest nuclear weapon in the US arsenal has a yield of 1.2 ...
The world knows that China is modernizing and drastically expanding the size of its nuclear arsenal. But China has never admitted it—at least until yesterday. On September 3, 2025, China held a parade ...
Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. The global security environment is deteriorating as America’s adversaries are ...