Visualize this scene: an unmanned vehicle, launched from another aircraft, itself capable of firing missiles. This is not a work of fiction, but the X-68A project currently under development in

The US tested a doomsday ballistic missile off the California coast Tuesday night — as war raged in the Middle East. The Minuteman III ballistic missile — which is capable of carrying nuclear warheads 20 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima — launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara at 11 p.

The United States military has tested its Minuteman lll nuclear ballistic missile at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, which hit its target in the Pacific Ocean

A "doomsday" Minuteman III ballistic missile lit up the California coast on Tuesday as the U.S. tested a nuclear-capable weapon amid escalating war with Iran.

The Pentagon testing office said it won’t get enough data to evaluate the combat effectiveness of the US’s first hypersonic missile until early next year, another troubling sign as the US struggles to catch up with China and Russia in deploying the weapon.

The U.S. Air Force carried out a major intercontinental ballistic missile test on March