Minot Air Force Base, F.E. Warren AFB in Wyoming and Malmstrom AFB in Montana will have the current Minuteman III systems upgraded, including missile silos, launch control centers and other support ...

The divided political structure of Europe makes it uniquely vulnerable to cyberwarfare from external actors—and European ...

Whatever form European strategic autonomy may take, it will be Europeans who must decide how much they want their deterrence posture to rely on nuclear weapons.

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - National security experts, defense industry leaders, and various academic partners all gathered Tuesday (June 24) in Shreveport for the 26th Annual Nuclear Triad Symposium at ...

Dr. Michael Wheeler, senior research staff, Institute for Defense Analyses, led the panel titled “Deterrence Concept Updates and Approaches” at the first workshop session. He began by describing what ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron provided the most visible manifestation of Europe’s new ...

The Cold War ended in 1991. The United States’ commitment to prevent its adversaries’ nuclear ambitions and to extend its nuclear arsenal as an umbrella of protection to its partners has remained ...

During the Cold War, the United States maintained a diverse arsenal of nuclear weapons to support deter Soviet aggression. This arsenal included land-based, theater-range missiles operated by the U.S.

Limited nuclear war is a possibility grounded in strategic logic and a probability accentuated by the current geopolitical and military context. Planning for limited nuclear war is necessary not only ...

The United States nuclear-capable bomber fleet saw its capabilities bolstered when a B-2 stealth aircraft—the same type used to strike Iran in June—that was significantly damaged in an incident four ...