As with every such test launch, the Pentagon stresses that this one was "not in response to world events" and was planned years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

For years, India's missile programme was shaped by one reality that its main security challenges came from adversaries closer to its own borders, namely Pakistan and China. Most Indian ballistic ...

Only four countries — US, Russia, China and North Korea — possess ICBM technology and have deployed ICBMs with over 12,000-km range. France and Britain possess operational nuclear-armed ...

A U.S. airman conducts training on a Payload Transporter Replacement at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, May 15, 2025. (A1C Olya Houtsma/U.S. Space Force) As America’s Minuteman III ...

DENVER—The US Air Force’s new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile is on track for its first test flight next year, military officials reaffirmed this week. But no one is ready to say when ...

The Air Force’s new helicopter, procured to secure land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles at U.S. bases, made its operational debut in a six-hour mission last week, the Air Force said. Two ...

An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 1:35 a.m, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. ICBM systems require regular testing to verify ...

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (UPI) --North Korea showed off its new Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade, state-run media reported on Saturday, touting it as the North's "most powerful ...

With a system like the Yars in its arsenal, the Russians can guarantee that NATO thinks carefully about its actions before pushing too hard against the Kremlin. Russia’s Yars intercontinental ...

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 Air Force has developed planning documents for the transition from Minuteman III to Sentinel but has not developed a risk management plan. The transition was planned to begin in fiscal year 2025, ...

The Pentagon is set to shift funds from the US's Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to refit a jet gifted to the US and President Donald Trump by Qatar. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink ...