Only Donald Trump can make the call to launch U.S. nuclear-armed ICBMs. Our reporter visits the subterranean world of the ...

Drones have the potential to enhance nuclear deterrence, but they also introduce significant risks in terms of escalation ...

During the Cold War, the term strategic forces referred to nuclear weapons deployed on strategic delivery systems: ...

Melissa Parke calls for eliminating arsenals to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I am 100 percent certain that unpredictability redounded to the benefit of the United States.” The Washington Post columnist ...

A top priority of U.S. defense officials is to protect Americans from nuclear attacks ... The ability to retaliate makes deterrence work. Without it, a security crisis is likely to emerge.

Moscow said the move was designed to weaken Russian and Chinese nuclear deterrence. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also stressed that Russia saw the “Iron Dome” plan as ...

Such a conflict could include a nuclear exchange and the likelihood of that exchange spiraling out of control ... To avoid war, the costs must clearly outweigh the benefits for the revisionist state – ...

Attendees will gain insights into navigating the complexities of nuclear deterrence, ensuring national security, and sustaining innovation in the face of budgetary and political constraints and what ...

China, in light of its complex maritime geography of shallow littorals, does have an enduring requirement to operate both smaller coastal submarines for area denial missions in the Near Seas, as well ...

Iran sends conciliatory signals to leaders in Davos Iranian official Zarif tells critics 'let's talk' UN nuclear watchdog says Iran pushing hard on enrichment IAEA chief Grossi says dialogue ...

The traditional approach to coping with external security threats to the U.S. and its allies is to convey a message of deterrence — that aggressive behavior will be met by economic consequences ...