Nukes

Image copyrightAFPImage caption North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un (centre) has so far been tight-lipped about the latest test North Korea says it has carried out a "very important test" at a satellite-launching site. The KCNA state news agency said the re…

Washington (CNN)The Pentagon is considering sending thousands more troops to the Middle East as part of an effort to beef up air defense capabilities in the face of Iranian moves that include its recent transfer of short-range missiles into Iraq, CNN has lear…

Security guards outside the main gate at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Hawaii, following a shooting by an active-duty U.S. Navy sailor. Caleb Jones/AP A U.S. Navy sailor shot and killed two civilian employees of the Defense Department and wounded a thi…

France, Germany, and the United Kingdom accused Iran of developing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, alleging the move goes against UN Security Council resolutions. Ambassadors from the three European nations urged UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in …

A woman watches a news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and reporting that North Korea firing unidentified projectiles last month. Lee Jin-man/AP In what could be a reference to a new missile test, North Korea is threatening to give the U.S. …

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The USS Blue Ridge sailed into Hong Kong in April China has suspended visits by US Navy ships and aircraft to Hong Kong after Washington passed legislation last week backing pro-democracy protesters. Beijing also u…

We cannot allow anyone to evade sanctions, because the consequences of North Korea obtaining funding, technology, and information to further its desire to build nuclear weapons put the world at risk, said William F. Sweeney Jr., an assistant director-in-charg…

Indias first missile tracking ship being built at Hindustan Shipyard Limited is in advanced stage of construction. It is expected to be New Year gift to the Indian Navy, if the indications available at the HSL, a Ministry of Defence enterprise, hold water. T…

Image copyrightAFPImage caption A state media image said to show Kim Jong-un inspecting the testing of a "super-large multiple-rocker launcher" North Korea has branded Japan's PM Shinzo Abe an "imbecile" and "political dwarf", and accused him of mislabelli…

The U.S. Air Forces nuclear command says its about to undergo a major reorganization as it prepares to field new bombs, missiles, bombers and rockets. Air Force Global Strike Command stood up in 2009 as the successor to Strategic Air Command, which maintaine…