Deploying parts of President Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield in Greenland would make Americans safer as the massive Arctic ...

Russia has fired a new intermediate-range ballastic missile at Ukraine in what Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky called a “severe escalation” of Moscow’s invasion. Initally, Ukraine suggested an ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: An air-based vertical launch system could be used in a ground-attack role or for laying mines. Moreover, during peacetime, the system could be used to launch... Here’s ...

President Donald Trump has announced plans for a so-called "Golden Dome," which would be a defensive shield for the continental United States. Ideally, the Golden Dome would function much like ...

America's 450 nuclear missile silos exist, at least in part, to be destroyed in a nuclear attack. USA TODAY breaks down the ...

A study by Chinese rocket scientists has uncovered a critical issue with the solid fuel used in intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Tests conducted at the National Key Laboratory of Solid ...

North Korea said it tested a new long-range intercontinental ballistic missile this week. State media called the "Hwasongpho-19" the "world's most powerful strategic missile." Experts say its size ...

In his first message to airmen, new Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach said it plainly: “At our core, we fly and fix aircraft. It is the heart of who we are and what we do.” He’s right — ...

The world's first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the Soviet R-7 Semyorka, was successfully launched on August 21, 1957. The launch wasn't just a pivotal moment in the Cold War, it also ...

But ICBMs have always been much more than a sponge that deters attacks on the US homeland. For two reasons, in particular, the ICBM is a unique capability that helps extend deterrence over ...

It's been nearly 80 years since the U.S. dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The massive loss of life and destruction caused by these atomic bombs led to ...