The following is the Oct. 17, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Defense Primer: LGM-35A Sentinel ...

China test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday morning, the Associated Press reported, and Leland Bettis of the Pacific Center for Island Security said ...

In the 21st century, one of the military capabilities that marks a country as a great power is the ability to strike anyplace ...

Last month's launch of Beijing's deadliest intercontinental ballistic missile outside Chinese airspace puts spotlight on its ...

China’s decision to test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean on 25 September was unusual—but ...

Much of the United States' nuclear arsenal was dismantled years ago, but a surprising number of ICBMs remain in operation ...

The 91st Missile Wing successfully performed its biennial Simulated Electronic Launch Minuteman test, the first phase of ...

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.

According to the Arms Control Association (ACA), the United States, the largest producer of weapons in the world, has several operational ballistic missiles in its inventory — the Army Tactical ...

(By comparison, America’s Minuteman III ICBM is 16 meters long and weighs nearly 40 tons.) Following the explosion, high-resolution satellite imagery showed the massive extent of damage to both ...

The Sentinel ICBM will replace the aging Minuteman III ICBMs. The initial fully certified plutonium core for the W87-1 nuclear warhead has been officially approved for deployment to the United ...

Sensors from Army missile interceptors stationed on Guam were tracking a Chinese-launched intercontinental ballistic missile as it flew over Guam last week, but the ICBM was not determined to be a ...