Nukes

Key Point: The deployment of a nuclear weapon, no matter how small, will raise the crisis level of a North Korean conflict. In the event of a war on the Korean peninsula, how would the United States respond to the use of a tactical nuclear weapon on the batt…

The timing of Oppenheimers arrival in Göttingen could not have been more ideal. Heisenbergs breakthrough paper Über quantentheoretische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen (Quantum theoretical re-interpretation of kinematic and mechanical rel…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Iran's missile capabilities are a key part of its military prowess Iran has vowed to retaliate after its most powerful military commander was killed by a US drone strike on Baghdad airport. "Severe revenge awaits" …

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- The U.S. airstrike that killed a prominent Iranian general in Baghdad raises tensions even higher between Tehran and Washington, after months of trading attacks and threats across the wider Middle East. How Iran will respond …

Key point: The world's largest nuclear powers are all upgrading their arsenals. When one reads enough Chinese naval literature, diagrams of multi-axial cruise missile saturation attacks against aircraft carrier groups may begin to seem normal. However, one p…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) —North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his military and diplomats to prepare unspecified "offensive measures" to protect the country's security and sovereignty, the North's state media said on Monday, before his end-of-year deadli…

Putin has described the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite. The new Russian weapon and a similar system being developed by China have troubled the United States, which …

The newest weapon in the Navy's arsenal is ready for action. The Navy last week announced that the service's new AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) achieved early operational capability with the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet in August, a major milestone …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) A new satellite image of a factory where North Korea makes military equipment used to launch long-range missiles shows the construction of a new structure. The release of several images from Planet Labs comes amid concern that North K…

(CHENGDU, China) — Leaders from China, Japan and South Korea reiterated their commitment to ending North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs at a trilateral summit Tuesday that comes against the backdrop of increasing demands by Pyongyang for sanctions relie…