French President Emanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur air base will be the first base to host squadrons of a future Dassault Rafale variant equipped with hypersonic nuclear missiles.… Continue reading "France Announces New Home Base For Future Rafales"
In the early hours of February 19, 2025, at precisely 1:00 a.m. Pacific Time, the United States Air Force Global Strike Command executed a successful test launch of an unarmed… Continue reading "US Conducts Unexpected Minuteman III ICBM Test"
On January 24, 2025, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a £9 billion ($11.16 billion) contract with Rolls-Royce Submarines Ltd, marking the largest deal in the company’s history. This… Continue reading "UK MoD Signs £9 Billion Deal with Rolls-Royce to Boost Submarine Fleet and National Security"
On 14 October, NATO’s annual nuclear exercise, Steadfast Noon, began to test and enhance the Alliance’s nuclear deterrence capabilities. The exercise highlights NATO’s commitment to nuclear deterrence to maintain peace… Continue reading "NATO’s Steadfast Noon Nuclear Exercise Gets Underway"
India’s Strategic Force Command (SFC) carried out a user trial of the Agni-4 Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, Odisha on September 06, 2024.… Continue reading "India Carries Out Successful Test of its 4,000KM Range Agni-4 IRBM"
The Indian Navy has commissioned its second nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine – INS Arighat. Arighat is the second submarine of the 6,000-tonne Arihant class submarines. India started its Advanced Technology… Continue reading "India commissions its second Arihant class SSBN – INS Arighat"
The second half of May 2024 can be considered one of the most concerning in regard to the nuclear weapons use threshold. The development of the international situation and posturing… Continue reading "Nuclear Tensions Simmer Following Nuclear Drills & Ukraine Radar Attack"
As part of the final phase of the state test program, Russia’s new nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine cruiser “Emperor Alexander the Third” conducted a test launch of the Bulava sea-based… Continue reading "Russian Nuclear Submarine ‘Emperor Alexander the Third’ Test Fires Bulava Ballistic Missile"
Last week, the US Department of Defense published its Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Strategy – the first since 2014. According to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: “This Strategy… Continue reading "Department of Defense Publishes Counter WMD Strategy"
On 11 January, the South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol spoke in a former presidential office at Cheong Wa Dae about the rising tensions in the region and the increasingly threatening… Continue reading "South Korea’s President Announces Possibility of Obtaining Nuclear Weapons in a Historic Policy Reversal"