An earthquake struck outside a US base that oversees a large network of 150 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) silos.

The Pentagon believes China has loaded more than 100 DF-31 ICBMS in silos at its Hami, Yulin and Yumen sites.

At the press of a button, the lids of the missile silos in western China should open to launch nuclear weapons capable of ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping is overseeing a sweeping purge of China's military elite after a corruption scandal in the ...

The landmark New START treaty's end, which occurs today, opens the door to the possibility of major nuclear posture changes.

February 12, 2026: For at least six years, China has been testing 4th Generation nuclear weapons. First Generation was fission atomic bombs using uranium-235 or plutonium-239. These were the bombs ...

It remains to be seen whether the three big nuclear powers are headed into a new arms race, or whether President Trump is trying to spur negotiations on a new accord now that a last Cold War treaty ...

The last major nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia just expired. Some experts believe a combination of satellite ...

The risks of this stand-off have been contained over the years by various arms-control agreements, most recently New START. But that treaty expired this week, with no replacement. To make matters more ...

With New START expiring and China rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal, a three-way arms race looms, raising fresh risks of instability, global nuclear danger ...

The "Cold War" nuclear weapons race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union ended in December 1991 with the fall of the Soviet ...

President Donald Trump wants a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia and China instead of extending the expired New START ...