America's 450 nuclear missile silos exist, at least in part, to be destroyed in a nuclear attack. USA TODAY breaks down the ...

The US Air Force is conducting a routine test of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. The last Minuteman III test was in May. It flew over the Pacific toward a target in the Marshall ...

This month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released findings on the Air Force’s troubled transition from the aging, silo-based Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to its ...

The redesigned ICBM target achieved all test objectives, confirming its suitability for future missile defence tests.

The US military said Tuesday it had intercepted a mock-up of an intercontinental ballistic missile in a first-of-its-kind test that comes amid concerns over North Koreas weapons program. A ...

The US Air Force's new ICBM Sentinel faces major delays and cost overruns. The service may have to rely on its 50-year-old Minuteman III's for much longer than anticipated. A host of logistical and ...

Which countries are at the top, and which are behind? Russia, the US, and China are currently at the forefront of ballistic ...

While US nuclear strategy relies primarily on the deterrence afforded through the nuclear triad, the GMD serves as an insurance policy against small-scale attacks or accidental launches. The ...

Scrapping ICBM modernization plans would do a great deal to better reflect America’s current strategic end goals. The Department of Defense recently released a $961.6 billion proposed budget for FY ...

The high-tech, extremely costly tests of US missile defenses come as North Korea continues to push ahead with development of potentially nuclear-tipped ICBMs. The US military will follow up its ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking into the ...