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Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt General Rajiv Ghai with Air Marshal AK Bharti, Vice Admiral AN Pramod during a press conference on 'Operation Sindoor' at National Media Centre, on May 12, 2025 in New Delhi, India. Senior officers from the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force addressed the nation, revealing details of Operation Sindoor, a coordinated military strike carried out on May 7 targeting terror bases in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Punjab province. Officers confirmed that over 100 terrorists were killed during the operation. The strikes were launched in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people.
India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff

Claims Swirl As India And Pakistan Assess Results Of Latest Conflict

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 13, 2025

Reports of the air war that’s been taking place between India and Pakistan in recent days suggest what may well be the most intense series of aerial engagements for decades. While it’s still very hard to obtain confirmed details of this combat, which some sources state has involved more than a hundred fighters simultaneously, we do, at least, know what kinds of air-to-air missiles (AAMs) are available to the Indian and Pakistan Air Forces.
India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff

The Air-To-Air Missiles That Equip India And Pakistan’s Fighters

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 8, 2025

The air war currently unfolding between India and Pakistan is exceedingly murky, but one aspect that seems almost certain is the use of the Chinese-made PL-15 active-radar-guided air-to-air missile (AAM) by Pakistan. So far, Pakistan claims to have shot down five Indian aircraft and at least one Indian official has reportedly confirmed the crash of three aircraft but cautioned that the reasons were not clear. Unverified imagery suggests that one of the Indian Air Force’s prized Rafale multirole fighters may have been shot down. Regardless, the fighting between the two nuclear-armed states is the most intense for decades, now with the growing risk of the situation spiraling further out of control.
India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff

China’s PL-15 Air-To-Air Missile Appears To Have Been Used In Combat For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on May 7, 2025

India Strikes, Pakistan Responds, Claims Of Aircraft Losses Mount (Updated)
India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff

India Strikes, Pakistan Responds, Claims Of Aircraft Losses Mount (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 6, 2025

Imagery has emerged showing North Korea’s heavily armed new frigate, the Choi Hyon, firing a variety of weapons from its huge array of vertical launch system (VLS) cells. The missiles seen appear to include a previously unknown air defense missile and a possible new supersonic cruise missile.
Nuclear Proliferation

North Korea’s New Frigate Tests Its Weapons Days After Commissioning

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 30, 2025

North Korea Frigate
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

North Korea’s New Frigate Has Ballistic Missile Launchers

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 27, 2025

North Korea's new warship with VLS and phased array radar.
Nuclear Proliferation

North Korea’s New Warship Appears To Be Designed For Vertical Launch System, Phased Array Radar

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 30, 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.
Nuclear Proliferation

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

By Joseph Trevithick

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.
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 1, 2024

B-2 MOP Yemen iran
Iran Nuclear Crisis

B-2 Spirits Just Sent A Very Ominous Message To Iran

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 17, 2024

A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a ceremony on September 6 to celebrate the launch of a newly built "tactical nuclear attack submarine" during a news program at the Yongsanl Railway Station. North Korea has launched a newly built "tactical nuclear attack submarine" capable of carrying out an underwater nuclear attack, with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to "further strengthen the state nuclear deterrence," the North's state media said on September 8. (
Nuclear Proliferation

Signs Point To North Korea Building A Nuclear-Powered Submarine: South Korean Intel

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 9, 2024

Israel raid
Iran Nuclear Crisis

Israeli Commando Raid In Syria Sends A Message To Iran That Its Underground Bases Are Not Untouchable

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 13, 2024

W76-1 warhead
Nuclear Proliferation

Current American Nuclear Warhead Inventory Numbers Revealed

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 22, 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.
Nuclear Proliferation

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 29, 2024

Natanz nuclear facility satellite view
Iran Nuclear Crisis

Iranian Underground Nuclear Facility May Be A Hard Target For America’s Biggest Bunker Busters

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 24, 2023

Russian RS-24 Yars
Nuclear Proliferation

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 16, 2023

North Korea Solid Fuel ICBM
Nuclear Proliferation

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 14, 2023

KN-23 SILO
Nuclear Proliferation

Silo-Launched Ballistic Missile Capability Likely Tested By North Korea

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 20, 2023

North Korea New ICBM
Nuclear Proliferation

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 9, 2023

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

China Now Has More ICBM Launchers Than The United States

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Feb 9, 2023

SOUTH KOREAN MISSILE
Nuclear Proliferation

South Korea Now Openly Discussing Arming Itself With Nuclear Weapons

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 12, 2023

Nuclear Weapon Tactical
Nuclear Proliferation

Just How Radioactive Are Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons?

By James Ragland, Adam Lowther, James Petrosky, Robyn Hutchins

Posted on Dec 19, 2022

Iskander-M Launch
Nuclear Proliferation

Russia To Give Belarus Nuclear-Capable Iskander-M Missiles

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jun 27, 2022

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

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 25, 2022

Israel’s Request To Speed Delivery Of KC-46 Tankers Critical For Striking Iran Denied
Nuclear Proliferation

Israel’s Request To Speed Delivery Of KC-46 Tankers Critical For Striking Iran Denied

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Dec 15, 2021

Everything We Know About North Korea’s New “Strategic” Cruise Missile Test
Nuclear Proliferation

Everything We Know About North Korea’s New “Strategic” Cruise Missile Test

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Sep 13, 2021

Curious Mission Flown Over The Baltic Sea By U.S. Air Force Nuke Sniffing Plane
Nuclear Proliferation

Curious Mission Flown Over The Baltic Sea By U.S. Air Force Nuke Sniffing Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 6, 2021

Pentagon Warns Of An “Increased Potential” For Nuclear Conflict In Newly Disclosed Manual
Iran Nuclear Crisis

Pentagon Warns Of An “Increased Potential” For Nuclear Conflict In Newly Disclosed Manual

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jul 7, 2021

Here’s America’s Plan for Nuking its Enemies, Including North Korea
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Here’s America’s Plan for Nuking its Enemies, Including North Korea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Leaving Nuclear Weapons In Turkey Is Just Poor Strategy
Nuclear Proliferation

Leaving Nuclear Weapons In Turkey Is Just Poor Strategy

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

When It Comes To The Demise Of Kim Jong Un, Be Careful What You Wish For
Nuclear Proliferation

When It Comes To The Demise Of Kim Jong Un, Be Careful What You Wish For

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Apr 26, 2020

Kim Jong Un Ends Testing Moratorium And Threatens To Unveil New “Strategic Weapon” (Updated)
Nuclear Proliferation

Kim Jong Un Ends Testing Moratorium And Threatens To Unveil New “Strategic Weapon” (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 1, 2020

U.S. Infrared Satellite Data Could Settle The Debate Over Pakistan-India Dogfight
India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff

U.S. Infrared Satellite Data Could Settle The Debate Over Pakistan-India Dogfight

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 1, 2019

Air Force Updates Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bombs Amid New Iranian Nuclear Posturing
Iran Nuclear Crisis

Air Force Updates Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bombs Amid New Iranian Nuclear Posturing

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 14, 2019

U.S. Sells Seized North Korean Freighter As Pyongyang Threatens Nuke And Missile Tests
Nuclear Proliferation

U.S. Sells Seized North Korean Freighter As Pyongyang Threatens Nuke And Missile Tests

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 10, 2019

North Korea Tests Submarine Launched Missile In First Launch Of Its Kind In Three Years (Updated)
Nuclear Proliferation

North Korea Tests Submarine Launched Missile In First Launch Of Its Kind In Three Years (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 2, 2019

USAF Orders More Upgraded Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bombs Amid Tensions with North Korea
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

USAF Orders More Upgraded Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bombs Amid Tensions with North Korea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

US Missile Defense Test Fails As N. Korea Plans Parade With Hundreds of Ballistic Missiles
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

US Missile Defense Test Fails As N. Korea Plans Parade With Hundreds of Ballistic Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Trump to Kim Jong Un: My Nuclear Button Is Bigger, More Powerful, And It Works
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Trump to Kim Jong Un: My Nuclear Button Is Bigger, More Powerful, And It Works

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Well Within Range of North Korean Missiles, Hawaii Turns to Cold War Air Raid Sirens
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Well Within Range of North Korean Missiles, Hawaii Turns to Cold War Air Raid Sirens

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Iran Says It’s Limited How Far Its Missiles Can Fly, but Also That it Doesn’t Matter
Nuclear Proliferation

Iran Says It’s Limited How Far Its Missiles Can Fly, but Also That it Doesn’t Matter

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

South Korea Reveals Plan to Hit The North With a Huge Missile Barrage If War Erupts
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

South Korea Reveals Plan to Hit The North With a Huge Missile Barrage If War Erupts

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

An Explainer On How The Trump Administration Just Changed US Policy Toward Iran
Iran Nuclear Crisis

An Explainer On How The Trump Administration Just Changed US Policy Toward Iran

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

How We Got to North Korea’s Pacific Nuclear Test Threat and What Comes Next
Nuclear Proliferation

How We Got to North Korea’s Pacific Nuclear Test Threat and What Comes Next

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

All You Need to Know After North Korea’s Longest Downrange Missile Launch
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

All You Need to Know After North Korea’s Longest Downrange Missile Launch

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

The South Koreans Want Kim Jong Un to Live in Fear of “Decapitation”
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

The South Koreans Want Kim Jong Un to Live in Fear of “Decapitation”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 30, 2019

Trump’s “Fire and Fury” Threat Won’t Change North Korea’s Behavior
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Trump’s “Fire and Fury” Threat Won’t Change North Korea’s Behavior

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

It Looks Very Likely That North Korea’s New ICBM Can Reach The West Coast
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

It Looks Very Likely That North Korea’s New ICBM Can Reach The West Coast

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

After North Korea’s ICBM Flies, U.S. and South Korea Say ‘We Have Missiles Too!’
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

After North Korea’s ICBM Flies, U.S. and South Korea Say ‘We Have Missiles Too!’

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

South Korea Tests Ballistic Missile That Can Hit Anywhere Inside North Korea
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

South Korea Tests Ballistic Missile That Can Hit Anywhere Inside North Korea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Trump Lets Slip That American Subs May Be Ready to Attack North Korea
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Trump Lets Slip That American Subs May Be Ready to Attack North Korea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

As Tensions Simmer, CIA Says It Will Spy Even Harder on Pyongyang
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

As Tensions Simmer, CIA Says It Will Spy Even Harder on Pyongyang

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

This Is How America Keeps Watch Over North Korea From The Sky
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

This Is How America Keeps Watch Over North Korea From The Sky

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Kim Jong Un’s Praetorian Guards Are Really A 100,000 Man Personal Army
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Kim Jong Un’s Praetorian Guards Are Really A 100,000 Man Personal Army

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 18, 2019

Turkish Lawyers Demand Raid On Incirlik Air Base And Arrest Of U.S. Military Personnel
Nuclear Proliferation

Turkish Lawyers Demand Raid On Incirlik Air Base And Arrest Of U.S. Military Personnel

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 11, 2019

Trump Was Right To Walk On Kim, But Foolish To Have Gone To Hanoi In The First Place
Nuclear Proliferation

Trump Was Right To Walk On Kim, But Foolish To Have Gone To Hanoi In The First Place

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 1, 2019

India Shows Proof U.S. Made F-16s And AIM-120 Missiles Were Used By Pakistan In Aerial Brawl
India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff

India Shows Proof U.S. Made F-16s And AIM-120 Missiles Were Used By Pakistan In Aerial Brawl

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 28, 2019

Indian-Pakistan Air War Erupts Ending In Captured Pilot And Growing Fears Of All Out War
India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff

Indian-Pakistan Air War Erupts Ending In Captured Pilot And Growing Fears Of All Out War

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 28, 2019

Yes, India And Pakistan Could End The World As We Know It Through A Nuclear Exchange
India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff

Yes, India And Pakistan Could End The World As We Know It Through A Nuclear Exchange

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 28, 2019

Pakistan Promises Retaliation, Makes Nuclear Threats After Indian Jets Bomb Its Territory
India-Pakistan Nuclear Standoff

Pakistan Promises Retaliation, Makes Nuclear Threats After Indian Jets Bomb Its Territory

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 27, 2019

It’s Great To See North And South Korea Get Along, But Kim’s Nukes Aren’t Going Anywhere
Nuclear Proliferation

It’s Great To See North And South Korea Get Along, But Kim’s Nukes Aren’t Going Anywhere

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 20, 2018

North Korea Parade Strikes Lighter Tone, But Still No Evidence Kim Intends To Give Up Nukes
Nuclear Proliferation

North Korea Parade Strikes Lighter Tone, But Still No Evidence Kim Intends To Give Up Nukes

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 10, 2018

Fizzled Singapore Summit Showcases North Korea’s Art Of Not Making A Deal
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Fizzled Singapore Summit Showcases North Korea’s Art Of Not Making A Deal

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 14, 2018

Kim And Company Arrive In Singapore Via A Procession Of Chinese And North Korean Jets (Updated)
North Korea Nuclear Crisis

Kim And Company Arrive In Singapore Via A Procession Of Chinese And North Korean Jets (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 10, 2018