The world passed a nuclear milestone this week. And, perhaps surprisingly given the recent run of saber-rattling from the likes of Russia and the United States, it’s a positive one.

The F-35 program cost $1.7T but early deployments exposed low readiness rates and immature software. The Zumwalt destroyer cost over $4B per ship but its main gun became unusable due to $1M per round ...

For better or worse, the U.S. nuclear arsenal is currently having a moment. First, "A House of Dynamite" became an instant No. 1 hit for Netflix shortly after its global streaming debut in October.

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a strike.

On Oct. 30, 2025, President Donald Trump ordered the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time since the early 1990s, arguing the move was necessary to keep pace with Russia ...

Wars are rarely fought with perfect equipment. Throughout history, militaries have fielded weapons they knew were flawed, ...

UKRAINIAN forces have struck Vladimir Putin’s top secret super-weapons testing hub in a sophisticated drone assault, military sources say. The daring operation was aimed at thwarting Russian ...

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VIENNA (AP) — In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that the U.S. would resume nuclear testing, a U.S. government representative defended the stance at a global ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nuclear weapon, carried by balloon, detonates as part of Operation Plumbob in 1957. Imagine if you will, a low-cost, small ...