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A missile is launched during an annual drill in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran

Iranian lawmaker: Time to match US, Israel's nuclear arsenal

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Example of a JNF-USA beautified bomb shelter in Israel

Apartment sold at building in Tel Aviv with a ‘large nuclear bomb shelter’

By Liad Vaknish

Koichi Kawano, a survivor of the atomic bombing in Nagasaki, speaks to the press after the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner was announced, in Nagasaki, Japan, August 11, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo.

Japan nuclear bomb survivors win Nobel Peace Prize

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, arrives at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this photo taken on August 17, 2021 and released by U.S. Navy on August 18, 2021.

Ex-CENTCOM chief: Lower Iranian officials can push nuke breakout without Khamenei

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the NICA Nuclotron-based ion collider facility as he visits the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Moscow region's city of Dubna, Russia June 13, 2024.

Russia simulating use of tactical nuclear weapons, recovered files show

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ISRAEL IS weighing up its response to the Iranian attack last weekend, but should it focus on Iran’s nuclear capabilities or strike at Iranian oil facilities?

Israel forgot about Iran's nuclear threat - will it pay the price?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani walks near an Iranian missile during an unveiling ceremony in Tehran, Iran, in this picture obtained on February 17, 2024.

Iran advancing research on nuclear bomb detonators, nuke expert tells 'Post'

By YONAH JEREMY BOB , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People offer silent prayers for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing to mark the 78th anniversary of the bombing, following a change in venue and scaling down of the ceremony due to Typhoon Khanun approaching, at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, Japan August 9, 2023.

Nagasaki Mayor’s immoral decision debases memory of innocent Japanese, Israelis

By Abraham Cooper/The Media Line , Kinue Tokudome/The Media Line , Ted Gover/The Media Line

People release paper lanterns on the Motoyasu River facing the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in remembrance of atomic bomb victims on an anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city in Hiroshima, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo on August 6, 2023.

Controversy surrounding Israel's inclusion at annual atomic bombing memorial event

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An illustrative image of a nuclear explosion.

Risk of atomic Armageddon: US must restore military deterrence against Iran

By ERIC R. MANDEL

Presidential candidate Saeed Jalili votes at a polling station in a snap presidential election to choose a successor to Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, in Tehran, Iran June 28, 2024.

With Raisi gone, where will new Iran president take the region?

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

UFO (illustrative).

Uri Geller: Aliens built the Jerusalem Temple, may help Israel during war

A screengrab from a video released on March 25, 2024 by the Israeli army shows what they say are Iranian weapons that were seized by the Israel Security Agency and by the Israel Defense Forces, at an unknown location.

Iran nuke scientist says ‘not complicated to build atomic bomb’

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

US Representative Tim Walberg (Center), April 23, 2015.

US Congressman's controversial comments on Gaza: Nagasaki and Hiroshima comparison

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

The mushroom cloud of the first test of a hydrogen bomb, "Ivy Mike", as photographed on Enewetak, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, in 1952, by a member of the United States Air Force's Lookout Mountain.

Japan finally screens 'Oppenheimer', with trigger warnings, unease in Hiroshima

By REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flag-raising ceremony for two nuclear-powered submarines in the northern city of Severodvinsk, Russia, December 11, 2023

Putin: Russia ready for nuclear war if US sends troops to Ukraine

By REUTERS

ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. receives the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role award for ‘Oppenheimer’ at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles, last month.

Oppenheimer's un-filmed scene

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by head of the Roscosmos space corporation Yuri Borisov, visits the centre of the Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia" in Korolyov outside Moscow, Russia, October 26, 2023.

Russia seen as highly unlikely to put a nuclear warhead in space - analysis

By REUTERS