She said it was an intermediate-range ballistic missile based on Russia's RS-26 Rubezh model, and that it had a non-nuclear payload but could be refitted to carry different types of "conventional ...

China’s most advanced nuclear submarine is the Jin Class Type 094 sub, providing defense in nuclear situations. Here's a look ...

Moreover, the U.S. already has air-launched nuclear-armed cruise missiles that also are being modernized and will be delivered by the new B-21 bomber, as well as by older bombers.

North Korea says it has successfully tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can be launched far more quickly than the ones in its current arsenal.

Deadlier weapons, more nations, autocrats in charge, disinformation and collapsing arms control — the risk of nuclear catastrophe is back.

Firefighters work on a house on fire from a Russian missile strike on Dnipro, Ukraine, on Nov. 21, 2024. via REUTERS. Still, “This was new type of lethal capability that was deployed on the ...

North Korea has launched about 100 missiles since the start of 2022, many nuclear-capable weapons that place the U.S. mainland, South Korea or Japan within striking distance.

“On average, states that have acquired nuclear weapons have taken about 10 years to do it, so it’s certainly not easy,” Nicholas Miller, a professor of government at Dartmouth University, told ...

This type of bomber can carry six to 14 nuclear cruise missiles. On Wednesday, state media in North Korea said Kim visited strategic missile bases and called for maintaining a "counteraction ...

The country has domestic sources of uranium. Its largest mine is at Saghand, in east-central Iran. But mined uranium is mostly the wrong type for nuclear weapons: it is over 99% uranium-238 (U-238; ...