A massive American web of orbiting missile interceptors could in theory protect the U.S. from an all-out Russian nuclear ...

Only one (or possibly two) of the missing bombs was fully assembled at the time it was lost. The total number of confirmed ...

Californians will be able to look to the sky to see an unarmed missile as the Air Force is set to launch the Minuteman III ...

President Trump’s blueprints to build a space-based missile defense shield could help him push for cuts in atomic weapons arsenals with Russia and other nuclear powers.

Drones have the potential to enhance nuclear deterrence, but they also introduce significant risks in terms of escalation ...

The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky for hundreds of miles. By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Feb 10, 2025 During the height ...

Iran is "not seeking nuclear weapons," President Masoud Pezeshkian ... Against the cold background of space, the SM-3s picked up the heat signature of the Iranian missile warheads and intercepted ...

Of those predicting World War III, nearly two thirds expected nuclear weapons to be used. The possibility that World War III could also play out at least in part in space was predicted by 45% of ...

Rumors of a Russian space nuke, along with other satellite-targeting weapons, have made geopolitical tensions extend into ...

Could Bakanov's appointment be a sign that an international arms race in space is heating up? According to Reuters, the last agreement limiting the number of nuclear weapons between the US and Russia ...