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The US just carried out back-to-back ICBM launches, keeping the Minuteman III sharp until a new missile comes online
The tests demonstrated the Minuteman III's continued readiness, the Air Force said, as the next ICB…
Chris Panella
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Russia's hunted A-50 command planes are its eyes over Ukraine. Here's how it compares to the Boeing E-3 Sentry.
Russia's Beriev A-50 and the Boeing E-3 Sentry have played important roles in the Ukraine war. Here…
Benjamin Brimelow
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North Korea's new ICBM looks and works an awful lot like a Russian ICBM, experts say
The intercontinental ballistic missile that North Korea tested last month is its most threatening y…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Rare photo captures the moment the keys were turned on a US military 'doomsday' plane to launch an ICBM
The newly released photo from last week's test of a Minuteman III shows a crew member on an E-6B Me…
Jake Epstein
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China's rapidly expanding nuclear weapon stockpile remains opaque
Without providing the world with any word of explanation, in the past five years the People's Liber…
ANI
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North Korean missiles won't defeat Ukraine
North Korea's regime may get a big payoff for giving some of its powerful, short-range missiles to …
Michael Peck
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Russia says its scientists created a new nuclear-blast simulator with flash and mushroom-cloud effects to train soldiers
State media said the simulator would be used in military exercises to prepare Russian ground forces…
Jake Epstein
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The US military says China now has more ICBM launchers than it does, but the US still has the nuclear edge
US Strategic Command said Washington still has an edge over Beijing in the number of ICBMs and nucl…
Jake Epstein
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A suspected Chinese spy balloon was seen operating near a US nuclear base housing 150 Minuteman ICBMs
Montana Senator Steve Daines said the suspected Chinese spy balloon was concerning for its proximit…
Sophia Ankel
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Putin wanted to boast about Russia launching a nuclear-capable ICBM — but the launch failed so he couldn't, report says
Putin hoped to use a landmark annual speech to mention the recent launch of the Sarmat missile, nic…
Matthew Loh
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North Korea shows off design for new, more dangerous missile while rolling out enough ICBMs to possibly overwhelm US defenses
North Korea displayed an unprecedented number of Hwasong-17 ICBMs at a military parade, which was a…
Jake Epstein
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Russia releases video of nuclear-capable ICBM being loaded into silo, following reports that US is preparing to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine
Russia said its video showed a "Yars" intercontinental ballistic missile being loaded into a silo l…
Sinéad Baker
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North Korea claims it tested a new ICBM but there's signs they pulled a head fake
Experts say footage aired by North Korea state TV may show the launch of a new ICBM was, in reality…
Abbie Shull
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The Pentagon says North Korea has been testing a powerful new long-range missile system believed to be a 'serious escalation' of military capability
In 2017, North Korea test-fired a missile system that experts said was capable of hitting the US. T…
Matthew Loh
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Why China changed its mind about nuclear weapons and is bulking up its arsenal at 'accelerated' pace
"The Chinese hope to make it impossible for the US to be confident it can carry out a preemptive st…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Putin's new nuclear-powered cruise missile, one of his so-called 'super weapons,' is unnecessary but not totally useless, nuclear weapons expert says
Even if Putin's claim of a successful test of the Burevestnik is true, it doesn't really change muc…
Chris Panella
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Russia test-fired its new 'Son of Satan' ICBM to threaten the West during its Ukraine war
Russia's military test-fired a new ICBM during the Ukraine war, in a demonstration that Putin used …
Rebecca Cohen
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A report says China tested a new hypersonic missile capability, but Beijing says it was testing spacecraft technology
A missile defense expert told Insider that the media report and China's claims about what happened …
Ryan Pickrell
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A missile race is heating up all across Asia
"The tyranny of distance is no longer quite as tyrannical," so countries in Asia are bolstering "th…
Benjamin Brimelow
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What dodging North Korean missiles taught me about shooting down Kim Jong Un's growing arsenal
As a South Korean military interpreter participating in an exercise with the US on August 29, 2017,…