After viewing a test of a multiple rocket launcher system, Kim is likely to unveil ICBM plans capable of hitting the US, ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday said involvement in a European nuclear umbrella would be considered a supplement to joint nuclear deterrence with the US, amid debate over the EU's defence ...

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Monday that the European Union is likely to remain dependent on the United ...

The W80-5, a new variant of the W80 warhead family, is on a “more aggressive schedule” to go on the nuclear-armed ...

Chancellor Merz confirms Berlin is holding strategic talks with allies on joint European nuclear deterrence - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Nuclear weapons are not going to suddenly disappear. But they might create a more dangerous world in which countries are neither safely deterred nor meaningfully disarmed.

Moscow’s “Oreshnik” strike on January 9, 2026 is best understood as strategic signaling designed to shape what NATO will and will not do. Russia’s use of ...

Between the Ukraine War and Operation Midnight Hammer, nuclear deterrence once again proved itself to be the defining issue ...

The Korean Peninsula illustrates why the stable management of nuclear risk has become more urgent than denuclearization ...

At its current production rates, China is likely to have a far more menacing submarine force than Russia in short order—though its quality is still uncertain.

The 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron test-loads an unarmed B61-12 bomb, which can be outfitted with a nuclear warhead, on a B-2 Spirit bomber on June 13, 2022 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.

The puzzle of nuclear deterrence is now further muddied by the emergence of cyber threats and their nebulous role in conflict escalation. As doctrine continues to be shaped, there is the ongoing risk ...