All nuclear weapons are surrounded by controversy. Both fission and fusion bombs release such enormous amounts of energy that they are always accompanied by the massive destruction of property and human life. The neutron bomb, also called the enhanced...

A neutron bomb is a type of tactical nuclear weapon developed specifically to release a relatively large portion of its energy as energetic neutron radiation. This contrasts with standard thermo-nuclear weapons, which are designed to capture the intense...

China declared Thursday that it had invented its own neutron bomb, making an unprecedented disclosure about its nuclear arsenal to counter and reject U.S. accusations of atomic spying. The timing of the announcement came as the furor over spy claims by a U.S....

Policyholders in Equitable Life, the stricken insurer, have become accustomed to crisis. But last week even the hundreds of thousands of long-suffering investors panicked, following suggestions that Equitable's board was preparing to put the mutual into administration. Thousands of frantic policyholders bombarded the...

Leadership: In foreign policy, Jimmy Carter proved his presidency the worst ever by subordinating U.S. interests to his vague "human rights" policy. All he did was enable dictators to take him to the cleaners.Carter had barely settled in at the White House in 1977 when...