The Pentagon is drafting a new nuclear weapons strategy to prepare for a potential conflict with China or Russia, marking a significant shift in US military tactics.

Instead of depending mainly on long-range nuclear missiles, the new approach would place greater focus on shorter-range tactical nuclear weapons that could be used in regional conflicts involving US ...

The Pentagon is conducting a review of nuclear weapons use that seeks to provide the president and military leaders with ...

The Pentagon is intensively working on a new U.S. nuclear strategy aimed at preparing the United States for a potential war with Russia and China.

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. Henry Kissinger often said that nuclear arms are “weapons in search of a doctrine.” After the Cold War ...

For the third time in Russia’s war against Ukraine, it recently launched the nuclear-capable missile Oreshnik. This intermediate-range ballistic missile has been deployed against Ukrainian ...

Fears of a global conflict are soaring.

A group of Russian hackers has spent the last year targeting nuclear scientists, defense contractors, and government employees in a cyber-espionage campaign, according to private-sector researchers ...

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