While most of the world looked away, a new nuclear arms race has broken out between the US, Russia, and China, raising the ...

While the Minuteman III missile is capable of carrying up to three nuclear warheads, it is currently equipped with only one.

The U.S. has established the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system to defend the homeland against North Korean ICBM attacks.

U.S. Air Force and Navy leaders reiterated the importance of the nuclear triad and the need to maintain an effective ...

The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed ICBM capable of carrying a nuclear warhead on Wednesday morning as part of a routine test, military officials said.

In other words, the Oreshnik can do the job of an atomic ICBM, but without producing a nuclear mushroom. Hypersonic missiles are nearly impossible to defend against because they fly many times ...

North Korea says the new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) it tested Thursday was solid-fueled, a development that analysts say could allow it to launch long-range nuclear strikes more ...

adding that Russia would resume nuclear weapons tests if the U.S. did. The U.S. conducted two Minuteman III ICBM test launches in 2023, one in June and one in September. Tom Karako, director of ...

Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Kyiv’s air force said, in the first known use in the war of such a powerful, nuclear-capable weapon ...

the U.S. also feared the possibility of a possible nuclear attack by a Soviet ICBM. This threat perception eventually led to the U.S. developing ICBMs at an accelerated pace, starting with the ...