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Israel’s Request To Speed Delivery Of KC-46 Tankers Critical For Striking Iran Denied
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 15, 2021
New Short-Range Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Tested By North Korea (Updated)
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 20, 2021
Put Bombers Back On Nuclear Alert If ICBM Force Gets Slashed: Strategic Command Boss
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Apr 20, 2021
The UK Says It Could Now Use Nuclear Weapons Against Threats From “Emerging Technologies”
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 16, 2021
Putin Reveals Existence Of New Nuclear Command Bunker
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 26, 2021
The Nuclear Football Is Now Following President Joe Biden Around
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jan 20, 2021
New Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads That Biden Calls A “Bad Idea” Have All Been Delivered
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 29, 2020
The Navy’s Wants To Go Back To Flying The C-130 Hercules As Its Next Doomsday Plane
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 21, 2020
Here’s America’s Plan for Nuking its Enemies, Including North Korea
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
Letters Of Last Resort Are Post-Apocalyptic Orders for UK Vanguard Sub Crews
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 3, 2020
No, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMs
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Feb 10, 2020
Updating America’s Land-Based Ballistic Missile ‘Nuclear Sponge’ Is A $100B+ Waste
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 1, 2019
U.S. Sells Seized North Korean Freighter As Pyongyang Threatens Nuke And Missile Tests
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 10, 2019
Let’s Talk About The Post-INF Treaty U.S. Test Of A Ground-Launched Tomahawk Missile
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 19, 2019
Get To Know America’s Long Serving B61 Family Of Nuclear Bombs
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
The US Air Force Wants a Trio of More Modern WC-135R Nuke Sniffing Planes
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
Four Big Need To Know Takeaways From The Long Awaited US Nuclear Posture Review
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 30, 2019
What We Learned From Congress’s Latest Review of the President’s Ability to Use Nukes
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
No, the USAF Hasn’t Put its Nuclear Bombers Back on 24/7 Alert, Yet
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
USAF Replaces Bulky Tape Cartridges For Loading Launch Codes Into ICBMs
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
Four Big Takeaways From Day One Of The Air Force Association’s Big Annual Bash
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
USAF Awards Contractors Big Bucks for New ICBMs, But Future of Missiles is Uncertain
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
The Air Force Found Airmen Boozing It Up In A Nuclear Missile Alert Facility In Wyoming
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 28, 2019
Russia Fires Off Multiple ICBMs and Cruise Missiles During Massive Nuclear Drill
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 17, 2019
Pentagon’s New Nuclear Strategy Is Unsustainable And A Handout To Defense Industry
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 17, 2019
Nuclear Device Assembly Facility In Nevada Desert May Be A Ticking Time Bomb (Updated)
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 4, 2019
Trump Was Right To Walk On Kim, But Foolish To Have Gone To Hanoi In The First Place
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 1, 2019
Bizarre Chase Through High Security Nevada Nuclear Test Site Ends In Deadly Shooting
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 29, 2019
These Newly Released Nuclear Test Videos Are Horrific And Beautiful At The Same Time
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 16, 2018
‘Harvester’ Could Transform Any US Air Force C-130 Into A Nuke Sniffing Plane
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 12, 2018
Pompeo’s 12 Demands For Iran Read More Like A Declaration Of War Than A Path To Peace
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated May 21, 2018
Actionable Intel: Defense News Roundup For May 10th, 2018
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 10, 2018
North Korea Shows Zero Signs It Is Willing To Consider Denuclearization
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Apr 23, 2018
Strategic Command Boss’s Computer Screens Go Dark When Foreign Missile Is Launched
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 24, 2018
Accepting Kim Jong Un’s Invitation Was The Right Move, Now Get Realistic About A Deal
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 8, 2018
Kim Jong Un Rings In New Year By Telling World He Has Nuclear “Button” Installed On Desk
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 31, 2017
Here’s What SecDef Mattis Thinks About Retaining All Three Legs Of The Nuclear Triad
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 15, 2017
Rockets’ Red Glare: North Korea Awes With Massive Missile Capability Leap
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 5, 2017
North Korea’s Latest Missile Test Highlights Ominous New Capabilities
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Feb 13, 2017
Storm Brewing Over Royal Navy Trident Ballistic Missile Test Failure
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 23, 2017
All Eyes On North Korea As Kim Jong Un Says ICBM Test Imminent
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 5, 2017
Trump’s Nuclear Arms Race Is a Terrible Idea, but Modernization is Overdue
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 23, 2016
Watch This Crazy Russian Trailer Drop Huge ICBM Missiles Into Their Silos
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 15, 2016
South Korea’s ‘Massive Punishment & Retaliation’ War Plan Turns Pyongyang To Rubble
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 12, 2016
North Korea Celebrates Its Founding With Nuclear Fireworks
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 9, 2016