Nuclear Ballistic Missiles (Page 2)

Posted on Nov 22, 2024

A RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile vehicle during the rehearsals for the Victory Day Military Parade at the polygon, on April 18, 2022 in Alabino, outside of Moscow, Russia. About 12,000 soldiers and officers are expected to take pat at the Red Square Victory Day Military Parade, planned on May 9.

ICBMs

The Story Of Russia’s Secretive RS-26 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile

Posted on Nov 22, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country's forces fired a previously unknown medium-range hypersonic missile called Oreshnik at Ukraine earlier today.

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Russia’s Experimental Ballistic Missile Used To Strike Ukraine Is Based On The RS-26 Rubezh

Posted on Nov 21, 2024

Ukraine claims Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at the city of Dmipro.

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Russia’s Unprecedented Ballistic Missile Attack On Ukraine: What We Know

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 21, 2024

The U.S. military has not seen demonstrable evidence of North Korea successfully testing a re-entry vehicle capable of bringing a nuclear warhead back down to Earth through the atmosphere, according to America's top officer in the Pacific region.

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ICBM Reentry Vehicle Capability Still Unproven By North Korea, U.S. Military Says

Posted on Nov 20, 2024

North Korea has tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that it claims is its longest-ranged so far. The announcement of the test of the Hwasong-19 comes amid large-scale U.S.-South Korean military maneuvers during which their aircraft have bombed mock-ups of North Korean ballistic missile launchers.

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North Korea’s New ICBM May Have Biggest Transporter-Erector-Launcher We’ve Ever Seen

Posted on Nov 1, 2024

Recreation of early nuclear age plutonium pit

First Plutonium Pit For Nuclear Warhead Produced In The U.S. In 35 Years Is Now “Weapon-Ready”

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 4, 2024

For the first time in more than four decades, China has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) out in the Western Pacific, ostensibly for training purposes.

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First Chinese ICBM Test Into The Pacific In Decades Is A Big Deal (Updated)

Posted on Sep 25, 2024

India has reportedly introduced to service its second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, or SSBN, INS Arighat, marking a significant development in the country’s burgeoning strategic nuclear capability. The new submarine, armed with indigenously developed ballistic missiles, is understood to incorporate improvements over its predecessor, although India’s SSBN fleet, and its nuclear forces in general, continue to be hugely outstripped by those of China, its main strategic rival.

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India’s Improved Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine Enters Service

Posted on Aug 29, 2024

The ballooning cost of the US Air Force's Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program is one of the drivers behind uncertainly over the future of its sixth-generation combat jet effort, which could evolve into a fully uncrewed platform.

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Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter Uncertainty Tied To Sentinel ICBM Woes

Posted on Jul 24, 2024

The first weapon-ready plutonium pit for the future W81-! nuclear warhead has been produced.

Problem Plagued Sentinel ICBM Program Will Press Ahead Despite Nearly Doubling In Cost

Posted on Jul 8, 2024

North Korea says it has successfully tested a ballistic missile fitted with a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) payload — one that contains several warheads, each capable of hitting a different target. Meanwhile, South Korea claims that the test was a failure. Whether successful or not, the emergence of MIRV technologies is another indicator of North Korea’s rapidly developing strategic arsenal, which is growing in size and capabilities despite sanctions.

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Conflicting Claims Surround North Korea’s Test Of Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle

Posted on Jun 27, 2024

America’s Cold War Doomsday Satellite

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 4, 2024

STRAIT OF SAN JUAN DE FUCA, Wash. (May 6, 2024) The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) transits the Strait of San Juan de Fuca escorted by U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft and U.S. Coast Guard screening escort vessels. Joint operations, such as this one which involved the Air Force, Coast Guard, and Navy, ensure the U.S. military is ready to meet its security commitments at home and abroad including commitments to our allies and partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn Ohrazda/Released)

A-10 Warthogs Escorting A Ballistic Missile Submarine Is Certainly Different

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 9, 2024

The UK Ministry of Defense has provided details about how it plans to test its new A21 nuclear warhead without actually detonating one.

How The U.K. Will Test Its New Nuclear Warhead Without Setting One Off

Posted on Mar 25, 2024

Russian Submarines Now Appear To Be Getting Anti-Drone “Cope Cages”

Posted on Mar 21, 2024

The head of US Strategic Command has advocated for the US military taking a serious look at going back to deploying intercontinental ballistic missiles loaded with multiple nuclear warheads.

Return To ICBMs Armed With Multiple Warheads Suggested By STRATCOM Boss

Posted on Feb 29, 2024

A new report indicates the thresholds for Russia's use of tactical nuclear weapons are much lower than have previously been understood and also points to continued planning for a potential nuclear conflict with China.

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Russia’s Low Threshold For Nuclear Weapons Use Detailed In New Report

Posted on Feb 29, 2024

Royal Navy Trident Ballistic Missile Fails Test Launch For Second Time In A Row

Posted on Feb 21, 2024

Northrop Grumman says it has successfully conducted a shroud fly-off test as part of the development of the new LGM-35 intercontinental ballistic missile for the U.S. Air Force.

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New Sentinel ICBM’s Nose Shroud Separation Test A Flying Success

Posted on Feb 20, 2024

Missiles filled with water and silo lids that don't work properly are among the corruption-related issues that have reportedly led to a major purge of Chinese military officials in the past year.

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Water-Filled Missiles, Silo Problems Behind China Purge: Report

Posted on Jan 8, 2024

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This Is Exactly How The Latest Ballistic Missile Defense Test Worked

Posted on Dec 13, 2023

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall says the Sentinel ICBM program is "struggling" and keeping it on track will "cost money."

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Sentinel ICBM “Struggling,” Keeping On Track Will Come At A Cost

Posted on Nov 14, 2023

A routine test of launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was "terminated" after it experienced an "anomaly."

Minuteman III Ballistic Missile Ordered To Destroy Itself During Test Launch

Posted on Nov 2, 2023

The Pentagon is concerned that China's People's Liberation Army could pursue a conventionally armed ICBM, which could create dangerous strategic ambiguity and uncertainty.

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China May Acquire Conventionally Armed ICBMs: Pentagon Report

Posted on Oct 20, 2023

Vanguard Submarine Arrives Home Absolutely Caked In Algae

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

ICBMs

This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

SS-25/27 Topol/Topal-M

Russia To Get Yars-M Ballistic Missiles With Novel Warhead Delivery System: Reports

Posted on May 16, 2023

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Incredible Destruction Seen At Ukrainian Rocket Storage Site That Detonated After Russian Strike (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 4, 2023

Air Force personnel make their way into nuclear missile silo B-06

Watch Air Force Security Forces Train To Recapture A Nuclear Missile Silo

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 3, 2023

Moment E-6B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Crew Ordered ICBM Launch Seen In Image (Updated)

Posted on Apr 24, 2023

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North Korea Has Tested Its First Solid Fuel ICBM (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 14, 2023

ICBMs

Navy Drops Air Force’s Mission From Its Next ‘Doomsday Plane’

Posted on Apr 4, 2023

ICBMs

Silo-Launched Ballistic Missile Capability Likely Tested By North Korea

Posted on Mar 20, 2023

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Ukraine Situation Report: Russian ICBM Test Failed During Biden’s Visit To Kyiv

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 22, 2023

Hwasong-15

North Korea Shows Off Unprecedented Number Of ICBMs And Possible New Solid-Fuel Design

Posted on Feb 9, 2023

China surpasses the U.S. in number of ICBM launchers

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China Now Has More ICBM Launchers Than The United States

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Feb 9, 2023

Soviet Submarine Launched All Its Missiles In An Unprecedented Rehearsal For Armageddon

By Matus Smutny

Updated on Jan 31, 2023

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Russia Releases Incredibly Detailed Views Of Its Massive ‘Satan’ Missile

Posted on Nov 22, 2022

Highly Unusual Disclosure Made Of U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine’s Presence In Arabian Sea

Posted on Oct 20, 2022

Future Ballistic Missile Submarine Concept Unveiled At Russian Arms Expo

Posted on Aug 15, 2022

CHINA-PLA-THE EASTERN THEATER COMMAND-DRILLS (CN)

Record-Breaking 68 Chinese Warplanes Just Flew Into The Taiwan Strait

Posted on Aug 5, 2022

SS-25/27 Topol/Topal-M

Rare Russian ICBM Carrier Training Vehicle Had A Nasty Accident

By The War Zone staff

Posted on Aug 5, 2022

Nuclear Experts Question Possible Effects Of Chinese Cell Towers On U.S. Missile Silos

Posted on Jul 25, 2022

Graphics depicting possible basing concepts for the Cold War-era MX missile program overlaid on top of a rendering of the Air Force's future LGM-35A ICBM.

Firing ICBMs From Lakes, Tunnels Considered Before Air Force Picked New Missile

Posted on Jul 14, 2022

Reentry Vehicle Test For America’s New ICBM Failed Just After Launch

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jul 7, 2022

British Submariners’ Emails Put U.K. Nuclear Deterrent At Risk, Judge Rules

Posted on Jun 15, 2022

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RC-135 Jets Flew Unprecedented Mission To Spy On Russia’s New ICBM

Posted on Apr 20, 2022

ICBMs

North Korea Just Openly Tested Its First ICBM Since 2017 And It’s A Monster (Updated)

Updated on Mar 25, 2022

M51

France Has Increased Its Ballistic Missile Submarine Patrols For The First Time In Decades

Posted on Mar 25, 2022

China’s New Ballistic Missile Subs Could Strike The U.S. Without Sailing Into The Pacific

Updated on Nov 4, 2021

SLBMs

New Short-Range Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Tested By North Korea (Updated)

Updated on Oct 20, 2021

ICBMs

This Is Our Best Look Yet At North Korea’s Hypersonic Missile

Updated on Oct 12, 2021

ICBMs

Newly Declassified Data Shows Unexplained Increase In U.S. Nuclear Warhead Stockpile

Updated on Oct 7, 2021

SLBMs

South Korea Tests Four New Missiles After North Korean Launches

Updated on Sep 15, 2021

SLBMs

South Korea Successfully Launches Ballistic Missile From Its New Submarine: Report

Posted on Sep 7, 2021

ICBMs

Strategic Command Boss Encourages People To Keep Looking For More Chinese Missile Silos

Updated on Aug 12, 2021

ICBMs

China Increasing Its Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Silos By A Factor Of Ten: Report

Posted on Jul 27, 2021

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Is China Reviving America’s Cold War-Era “Shell Game” ICBM Deployment Strategy?

Updated on Jul 1, 2021

Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test Aborted Due To Undisclosed Issue

Posted on May 5, 2021

Trucks Get Parked Over Air Force Nuclear Missile Silos During Tests… Just In Case

By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 1, 2021

ICBMs

Does Spending Nearly $18B On A Few Dozen New ICBM Interceptors Even Make Sense Strategically?

Updated on Apr 29, 2021

M51

France Carries Out Unusual Ballistic Missile Test As American Spy Plane Looks On