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The White House is considering direct military action to counter North Korea

In a dramatic shift from traditional policy, an internal White House review on North Korea strategy revealed that the option to use military force or a regime change to curb the threat of North Korean...

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Meet the MQ-25A Stingray — the US's response to threats like China's 'carrier...

The US Navy's aircraft carriers have long given tactical advantage for the US military with its ability to deploy and project power on any shore around the globe. But recently, several of US...

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Mike Pence is going to Asia amid North Korea tensions

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to travel to South Korea and Japan later this month amid simmering tensions North Korea's work to showcase its nuclear and missile programs.The White...

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The US and China are weighing responses to North Korea's failed missile launch

WASHINGTON/PYONGYANG (Reuters) - The United States, its allies and China are working together on a range of responses to North Korea's latest attempted ballistic missile test, U.S. President Donald...

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Homeland Security chief: Kim Jong Un 'knows what he's doing'

Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly delivered a scathing assessment of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, hours after his country performed its ninth ballistic missile test on...

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White House says Trump 'cannot imagine that Russia is pleased' over North...

The White House says President Donald Trump "cannot imagine that Russia is pleased" with North Korea's latest missile test because the missile landed so close to Russian soil.In a statement issued...

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North Korea fires ballistic missile days after new South Korea leader pledges...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile early on Sunday that flew 430 miles, South Korea's military said, days after a new leader took office in the South pledging to engage in dialogue...

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Iran says it has built its 3rd underground ballistic-missile factory and vows...

Ankara (Reuters) - Iran has built its third underground ballistic missile production factory and will keep developing its missile program, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday."Iran's...

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Iran launches 6 ballistic missiles at jihadists in Syria, but sending a wider...

Tehran (AFP) - Iran has targeted jihadists in Syria with missiles in retaliation for deadly attacks in Tehran, but the strike was also a message to its regional rivals and Washington, experts say.Late...

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Russian navy test fires submarine-launched missile

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says it has successfully test-fired a submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile.The Defense Ministry said the Yuri Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine...

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North Korea may be gearing up for another ICBM test launch

North Korea may be gearing up to test an intercontinental or intermediate-range ballistic missile, US intelligence sources told CNN on Wednesday.Officials who viewed new satellite imagery and studied...

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Navy accidents in the Pacific have hindered the US's missile defense

Although much of America’s attention has focused on finding the causal factors behind Monday’s collision between the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) and a Liberian-flagged oil tanker off the coast of...

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The Navy has awarded a $5 billion contract for its next-generation...

The Navy has awarded a $5.1 billion contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat for Integrated Product and Process Development of the COLUMBIA Class submarine, a next-generation nuclear-armed ballistic...

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Iran vows to accelerate missile program, defying Trump's crackdown

ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that the country's ballistic missile program would accelerate despite pressure from the United States and European Union to...

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Iran's supreme leader has set limits on the range of the country's ballistic...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says the country's supreme leader has limited the range of ballistic missiles it makes to 2,000 kilometers, or 1,240 miles.The...

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A luxury mansion built in a converted nuclear-missile silo is now available...

ESKRIDGE, Kan. (AP) — A Cold War-era missile silo in rural northeast Kansas that housed a nuclear warhead 65 years ago and was later converted into an underground mansion is now finding a new lease on...

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GAO says it's 'unknown' if technology in Navy's new Columbia-class submarines...

(Reuters) - Several of the US Navy's Columbia-class submarine technologies critical to performance needed more development and testing to avoid potential delays and increased costs, the US Government...

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Here's the treaty-busting missile Russia uses to threaten NATO

Russia has long pursued short-range ballistic missiles.Some new technologies have emerged lately.The most notable of these systems is the 9K 720 Iskander missile, or the SS-26 Stone as NATO calls...

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India knocked its new, $3 billion nuclear-missile sub out of commission — by...

The modern submarine is not a simple machine. A loss of propulsion, unexpected flooding, or trouble with reactors or weapons can doom a sub crew to a watery grave.Also, it’s a good idea to, like, close...

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Video shows the horrifying moment when a false ballistic missile threat alert...

People in Hawaii woke up to a frightening emergency alert Saturday morning which warned of an impending missile targeting the state. It was a false alarm.  The alert interrupted radio and TV stations...

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