ABC’s 1983 film overcame censors, political interference and spooked advertisers to become one of the most-watched TV events of all time.

The rousing success of a Soviet speedway team at a Norwich track helped create unity at the height of the Cold War, a ...

When the first nuclear bomb test took place 80 years ago, the scientists who gathered to observe the explosion in the New ...

An armoured building built for the Cold War is to be repurposed as a base for cutting-edge rocket testing and teaching.

Editor’s Note: The CNN Original Series “Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game” examines the tenuous global geopolitics during the Cold War through the lens of two notorious double agents: Oleg Gordievsky ...

The 1980s witnessed mass demonstrations demanding a nuclear freeze. Today, the threat of nuclear war is beginning to enter ...

It’s an uneasy watch now, but “The Day After” was even more affecting when nuclear war was on the table and top of mind. It’s still one of the most-watched TV events in US history ...

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — In November 1983, the US, Soviet Union and the rest of the world were teetering closer than ever on the edge of nuclear war. A NATO military exercise had spooked ...