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Belarusian Claims That It Now Has Nuclear Strike Jets Spurs Conflicting Reports Belarusian Claims That It Now Has Nuclear Strike Jets Spurs Conflicting Reports

By Thomas Newdick

Aug 26 3:53 PM EDT

Secretary of Defense Austin Remained in Nuclear Chain of Command During Kyiv Trip

Secretary of Defense Austin Remained in Nuclear Chain of Command During Kyiv Trip Secretary of Defense Austin Remained in Nuclear Chain of Command During Kyiv Trip

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Apr 25 8:19 PM EDT

Germany Has Chosen The F-35 As Its Future Nuclear Strike Fighter

Germany Has Chosen The F-35 As Its Future Nuclear Strike Fighter Germany Has Chosen The F-35 As Its Future Nuclear Strike Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Mar 14 3:48 PM EDT

China’s Hypersonic Mystery Weapon Released Its Own Payload And Nobody Knows Why (Updated)

China’s Hypersonic Mystery Weapon Released Its Own Payload And Nobody Knows Why (Updated) China’s Hypersonic Mystery Weapon Released Its Own Payload And Nobody Knows Why (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Nov 23 10:15 AM EST

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

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

By Thomas Newdick

Oct 7 6:29 PM EDT

First Improved W88 Nuclear Warhead For Navy’s Trident Missiles Rolls Off The Assembly Line

First Improved W88 Nuclear Warhead For Navy’s Trident Missiles Rolls Off The Assembly Line First Improved W88 Nuclear Warhead For Navy’s Trident Missiles Rolls Off The Assembly Line

By Brett Tingley

Jul 13 8:17 PM EDT

UK To Increase Its Nuclear Warhead Stockpile For The First Time Since The Cold War: Report

UK To Increase Its Nuclear Warhead Stockpile For The First Time Since The Cold War: Report UK To Increase Its Nuclear Warhead Stockpile For The First Time Since The Cold War: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Mar 15 5:45 PM EDT

New Docs Show 1983 NATO Exercise Led To The Soviets Arming 100 Jets For Nuclear War

New Docs Show 1983 NATO Exercise Led To The Soviets Arming 100 Jets For Nuclear War New Docs Show 1983 NATO Exercise Led To The Soviets Arming 100 Jets For Nuclear War

By Thomas Newdick

Feb 18 6:53 PM EST

Navy Finally Confirms Its Trident Missile Test Was What People Saw Off Florida This Week

Navy Finally Confirms Its Trident Missile Test Was What People Saw Off Florida This Week Navy Finally Confirms Its Trident Missile Test Was What People Saw Off Florida This Week

By Joseph Trevithick

Feb 11 1:27 PM EST

New Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads That Biden Calls A “Bad Idea” Have All Been Delivered

New Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads That Biden Calls A “Bad Idea” Have All Been Delivered New Low-Yield Nuclear Warheads That Biden Calls A “Bad Idea” Have All Been Delivered

By Joseph Trevithick

Dec 29 8:11 PM EST

New Nuke Transporting Tractor Trailer Tested By Launching Another Semi At It Using Rockets

New Nuke Transporting Tractor Trailer Tested By Launching Another Semi At It Using Rockets New Nuke Transporting Tractor Trailer Tested By Launching Another Semi At It Using Rockets

By Joseph Trevithick

Oct 20 7:02 PM EDT

Air Force Eyes Adding Nuclear-Armed Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles To Its Future ICBMs

Air Force Eyes Adding Nuclear-Armed Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles To Its Future ICBMs Air Force Eyes Adding Nuclear-Armed Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles To Its Future ICBMs

By Joseph Trevithick

Aug 19 2:40 PM EDT

Fogbank Is Mysterious Material Used In Nukes That’s So Secret Nobody Can Say What It Is

Fogbank Is Mysterious Material Used In Nukes That’s So Secret Nobody Can Say What It Is Fogbank Is Mysterious Material Used In Nukes That’s So Secret Nobody Can Say What It Is

By Joseph Trevithick

Apr 3 1:40 PM EDT

Navy Missile Sub Has Begun Its First Patrol Armed With Controversial Low Yield Nukes

Navy Missile Sub Has Begun Its First Patrol Armed With Controversial Low Yield Nukes Navy Missile Sub Has Begun Its First Patrol Armed With Controversial Low Yield Nukes

By Joseph Trevithick

Jan 29 4:04 PM EST

Amazing Cockpit Video Of Unusual Trident Ballistic Missile Test May Point To New Warhead

Amazing Cockpit Video Of Unusual Trident Ballistic Missile Test May Point To New Warhead Amazing Cockpit Video Of Unusual Trident Ballistic Missile Test May Point To New Warhead

By Tyler Rogoway

Oct 5 7:05 PM EDT

U.S. To Spend Hundreds Of Millions To Replace A $5 Part In Revamped Nuclear Weapons

U.S. To Spend Hundreds Of Millions To Replace A $5 Part In Revamped Nuclear Weapons U.S. To Spend Hundreds Of Millions To Replace A $5 Part In Revamped Nuclear Weapons

By Joseph Trevithick

Sep 26 5:53 PM EDT

Russia Will “Briefly” Evacuate Village Near Site Of Nuclear-Powered Missile Accident (Updated)

Russia Will “Briefly” Evacuate Village Near Site Of Nuclear-Powered Missile Accident (Updated) Russia Will “Briefly” Evacuate Village Near Site Of Nuclear-Powered Missile Accident (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Aug 13 7:45 PM EDT

U.S. Training For Arctic Nuclear Satellite Disaster Amid Russian Weapons Developments

U.S. Training For Arctic Nuclear Satellite Disaster Amid Russian Weapons Developments U.S. Training For Arctic Nuclear Satellite Disaster Amid Russian Weapons Developments

By Joseph Trevithick

Jul 26 12:26 PM EDT

America’s Pantex Nuclear Weapons Assembly Plant Is Having An ‘Operational Emergency’ (Updated)

America’s Pantex Nuclear Weapons Assembly Plant Is Having An ‘Operational Emergency’ (Updated) America’s Pantex Nuclear Weapons Assembly Plant Is Having An ‘Operational Emergency’ (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Jul 11 7:14 AM EDT

Nuclear Device Assembly Facility In Nevada Desert May Be A Ticking Time Bomb (Updated)

Nuclear Device Assembly Facility In Nevada Desert May Be A Ticking Time Bomb (Updated) Nuclear Device Assembly Facility In Nevada Desert May Be A Ticking Time Bomb (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Apr 4 3:26 PM EDT

Bizarre Chase Through High Security Nevada Nuclear Test Site Ends In Deadly Shooting

Bizarre Chase Through High Security Nevada Nuclear Test Site Ends In Deadly Shooting Bizarre Chase Through High Security Nevada Nuclear Test Site Ends In Deadly Shooting

By Tyler Rogoway

Jan 29 12:23 PM EST

Document Confirms B-21 To Be Delivered Optionally Manned And Nuclear Capable

Document Confirms B-21 To Be Delivered Optionally Manned And Nuclear Capable Document Confirms B-21 To Be Delivered Optionally Manned And Nuclear Capable

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Nov 8 6:27 PM EST

North Korea Shows H-Bomb Warhead Design, Says It Will Use It In EMP Strike

North Korea Shows H-Bomb Warhead Design, Says It Will Use It In EMP Strike North Korea Shows H-Bomb Warhead Design, Says It Will Use It In EMP Strike

By Tyler Rogoway

Sep 3 2:21 AM EDT