Lin Jian also reaffirmed China’s stance, emphasizing that the country "strictly adheres to a no-first-use policy, maintains a nuclear strategy rooted in self-defense, and keeps its nuclear capabilitie ...

So, I watched Houses of Dynamite on Netflix last weekend. That was a laugh. I also recently read the best-selling Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobson, which was amazing. As a kid, I used to have ...

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 1:35 a.m, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. ICBM systems require regular testing to verify ...

The United States conducted a test of it's Ground-based Midcourse Defense System, downing an ICBM. A test ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) was fired from Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll in ...

The continued extension of the Minuteman III system calls for a rethinking of the venerable US strategic nuclear triad. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has noted that the original plan ...

SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, armed with nuclear weapons and powerful friends, signaled his determination to stand up to Washington with an elaborate military parade Friday night that ...

This month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released findings on the Air Force’s troubled transition from the aging, silo-based Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to its ...

North Korea is close to developing an intercontinental ballistic missile that could hit the United States with a nuclear weapon, South Korea’s president said Thursday — though he added that it has yet ...

The Air Force has developed planning documents for the transition from Minuteman III to Sentinel but has not developed a risk management plan. The transition was planned to begin in fiscal year 2025, ...

Intercepting a single nuclear missile sounds simple—until you realize the U.S. has just 44 interceptors, each costing $75 million. From infrared satellites and hit-to-kill warheads to failed laser ...

Opponents of the next-generation ICBM often reduce its mission to that of a warhead “sponge”: That is, should an adversary attempt to disarm the US nuclear force, its primary purpose is to soak up the ...