Throughout the Cold War, military planners on both sides of the Iron Curtain built weapons designed to deter the unthinkable. Yet several of those systems came dangerously close to coming active and ...

The Peacekeeper Rail Garrison was a Reagan-era plan to hide nuclear missiles on moving trains across the US rail network as satellites made fixed silos easier to target. The concept envisioned 25 ...

The PrSM missile has just set a historical record with its first combat deployment by the US against Iran, boasting a superior range of 500km and exceptional target-spotting accuracy, making enemy air ...

The US has just successfully tested the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile with two independently separable ...

US Navy awards $255M contract to modernize Trident II fire control, ensuring compatibility with Ohio and future Columbia ...

DENVER—The US Air Force’s new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile is on track for its first test flight next year, military officials reaffirmed this week. But no one is ready to say when ...

Iran has retaliated to U.S. and Israel strikes. Several countries that host American military bases in the region including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain say they have been attacked. The ...

Though roughly equal in the number of troops, the two militaries bring strikingly different tactics and firepower. Here's how they stack up in comparison ...

Following the expiration of the New START arms control treaty, the United States signaled readiness to expand missile warhead capacity and restore nuclear bomber capabilities, raising concerns over ...

The U.S. continues to lag behind its adversaries in the hypersonic arms race. Both China and Russia likely have multiple operational hypersonic weapons, according to a 2025 congressional report, and ...

President Donald Trump warned that Iran is working to build missiles that could “soon reach the United States of America,” elevating concerns about a weapons program that already places U.S. forces ...