Nukes

China's recent push to increase its military presence near Taiwan "looks a lot like rehearsals," U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday. Austin made the comment during a Reagan National Defense Forum speech in California on Saturday, according to France 24. China's military appears to be "exploring their true capabilities,"…

A rare find — Peripherals were part of system that launched Minuteman III missiles in the '80s. Scharon Harding - Dec 3, 2021 6:44 pm UTC There's no telling what you'll find on eBay—like an old keyboard and trackball originally dedicated to firing off nuclear missiles. As detailed Tuesday by YouTube…

The South Korean and U.S. militaries have agreed to update their wartime contingency plan for the first time in six years to respond to increasing nuclear and missile threat from North Korea. The decision, which comes after North Korea launched a battery of new missiles, was made by Defense Minister…

President Isaac Herzog on Monday urged a group of 100 British lawmakers to make sure their government remains tough on Iran as world powers prepare to restart negotiations in Vienna next week aimed at reviving the multilateral nuclear accord between them. “Our understanding is that the Iranians are not coming…

BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO allies will be scouring the policies of Germany's next federal government for one crucial detail: Will Berlin remain part of NATO's nuclear sharing agreement? Or will it drop out and ask the United States to remove its nuclear bombs from German soil? While such a move…

REVIEW The E Street Band high-octane's set in support of a non-nuclear future sizzles Bruce Springsteen (Danny Clinch/Shore Fire Media) On March 28, 1979, Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant experienced a partial meltdown that resulted in the release of dangerous radioactive gases and iodine into the environment. Within…

BEIJING —  It was already a dangerous race: China versus the United States, each pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into missiles, submarines, warplanes and ships, vying to dominate the Indo-Pacific. That race may now go nuclear. A Pentagon report released this month estimated that China may have 700 nuclear warheads…

by Bernice Kiyo Glenn — October 28, 2021 Chief of Space Operations Gen. John "Jay" Raymond (left) and an unidentified official with Japan’s Office of National Space Policy sign a December 2020 memorandum of understanding. Credits: U.S. Air Force/ Cabinet Office, Japan Bernice Glenn is senior adviser for Pacific strategy…

India has tested a ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead up to 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles), the defence ministry said, in what media called a "stern signal" to China as the two remain locked in a border spat. The Agni-5 missile blasted off from Abdul Kalam Island off…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 5,000 kilometers (3,125 miles) from an island off its east coast amid rising border tensions with China. The successful launch on Wednesday was in line with “India’s policy to have credible minimum deterrence that…