It's been nearly 80 years since the U.S. dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The massive loss of life and destruction caused by these atomic bombs led to ...

New Delhi: In yet another leap towards developing next-generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has concluded design studies. The ...

A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile during a weapons transfer operation near Sydney, Nebraska, February 5, 2025. Credit: Airman 1st Class Mattison Cole/U.S. Air Force Kathryn Bigelow’s ...

Opponents of the next-generation ICBM often reduce its mission to that of a warhead “sponge”: That is, should an adversary attempt to disarm the US nuclear force, its primary purpose is to soak up the ...

The continued extension of the Minuteman III system calls for a rethinking of the venerable US strategic nuclear triad. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has noted that the original plan ...