Putin Says Russia Is Ready to Use Nuclear Weapons if Its Sovereignty or Independence Is Threatened President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to its statehood, sovereignty...
The US Military Almost Deployed Nuclear Missile Trains on American Railroads During the Cold War The Cuban Missile Crisis was two decades in the rearview, but in the early 1980s, Cold War tensions between the United States...
The US Military Already Has a Decades-Old Countermeasure for Russian Space Nukes During the Cold War, the Air Force used an F-15 and a specially designed missile to destroy a satellite in orbit.
North Korea's Kim Again Threatens Use of Nukes as He Praises Troops for Long-Range Missile Launch Despite Kim Jong Un's repeated threats to use nuclear weapons preemptively, many foreign experts say North Korea has yet to...
North Korea's Reported Use of a Nuclear Complex Reactor Might Be an Attempt to Make Bomb Fuels If correct, the assessment would show that North Korea has taken a step to implement leader Kim Jong Un’s repeated vows to...
A Gigantic New ICBM Will Take US Nuclear Missiles Out of the Cold War-Era But Add 21st-Century Risks The $96 billion Sentinel overhaul involves 450 silos across five states, their control centers, three nuclear missile bases...
South Koreans Want Their Own Nukes. That Could Roil One of the World’s Most Dangerous Regions The alliance with the United States has allowed South Korea to build a strong democracy with citizens confident Washington...
US and South Korea Sharpen Deterrence Plans over North Korean Nuclear Threat The move followed high-level military talks in Seoul, where the allies also discussed enhancing three-way defense exercises...
Air Force Asks Congress to Protect its Nuclear Launch Sites from Encroaching Wind Turbines The Air Force is asking Congress to restrict further construction of the towering wind turbines that have edged closer to its...
Russian Forces Simulate Nuclear Strike as Upper House Rescinds Ratification of Test Ban Treaty State television showed Putin directing the exercise via video call with top military officials.
Marine Corps Says Half of Barracks Had Issues, Though Only 118 Marines Moved, After Worldwide Inspection The inspection took place between February and March, a quick time frame for a herculean task that involved looking at...
Temporary Promotions for Army Noncommissioned Officers to End in June The Army will suspend the temporary promotions starting in June in one of the most significant changes to its promotion...
Marine Corps Aims for a New Way of Teaching, Ditching Old Models of PowerPoint Lectures The service will focus on the individual Marine's ability to learn rather than cramming instruction into their heads, whether...
Ukrainian Drone Attack Sets Major Russian Oil Refinery on Fire Oil-processing, one of Russia’s most important industries, has been a target of Ukrainian drone attacks since late January.
Navy's Newest Warship Named for Fierce Marine Corps Campaign in Afghanistan The top leader of the Navy announced Thursday that the service's future amphibious ship, a landing helicopter assault vessel...