The U.S. Air Force has unveiled the first official rendering of its next-generation nuclear cruise missile, the AGM-181 ...

Experts have long questioned the need for a full nuclear triad, particularly the land-based ICBM force. The absence of any foreseeable threat to U.S. strategic submarines ensures that no adversary ...

Air Force Major General Jason Armagost looked over the 509th Bomb Wing during a June 18 change of command ceremony at ...

The sea-based leg of the nuclear triad is arguably the most vital for America’s national defense. In the nuclear age, nation states have aspired to, and in a few cases realized, the nuclear ...

The U.S. nuclear triad must be modernized to keep pace with changing threats in the future, the nation’s senior officer in charge of strategic forces said on Tuesday. Air Force Gen. Anthony ...

"Undoubtedly, special attention should be paid to the nuclear triad, which has been and will remain the guarantee of Russia's sovereignty and plays a key role in upholding the balance of forces in ...

America's nuclear missile silo bases are located across five states—Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Montana and North Dakota—and form part of its nuclear "triad," which gives the U.S. the ability ...

For a generation, the U.S. “triad” of nuclear-capable bombers, submarines, and ICBMs has inched toward obsolescence as the nation focused on other pressing security threats like terrorism and ...

The 2002 Nuclear Posture Review recast the triad into a “New Triad” of strike capabilities, responsive infrastructures, and various defenses.

The U.S. Nuclear triad is a set of three delivery systems that are ready at a moment's notice to deliver our nuclear arsenal. Here's how that works.

Defense Minister Andrei Belousov reported that the exercise is intended to practice "strategic offensive forces launching a massive nuclear strike in response to a nuclear strike by the enemy." ...