This article assesses proposals to address the challenge of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan with the threat of first use of tactical nuclear weapons by the United States. While it is not clear that a ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration today successfully conducted a subsurface, non-nuclear chemical high-explosive experiment at the Nevada National Security Site, increasing the United State...

The Air Force’s stance that the China Aerospace Studies Institute can function without civilian staff is “not credible,” its Brendan Mulvaney told Breaking Defense.

It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.

This is not the first time Google has agreed to censor imagery at the behest of governments, but be warned: obfuscation at this broad level poses a direct threat to the public’s ability to monitor and...

Hui Zhang Recent satellite images show that the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has completed the construction of another new large centrifuge enrichment plant (CEP) at the Emeishan site. Th...

Denmark’s foreign minister has expressed cautious optimism about an agreement with the United States over Greenland in the wake of Donald Trump's announcement of a deal to bolster American military pr...

A dubious post that spread on X became the basis of false claims that Iran’s leadership had declared it a nuclear power.

The classified strategy informs nuclear options for the commander in chief during crises.

Reassessing Russia’s Zircon Missile

At Eurosatory 2026, Soframe, Thales and ArianeGroup presented X-Fire and B-Strike as a sovereign French deep-strike architecture spanning 150 to 2,500 km.

Under fredagen genomförde den svenska incidentberedskapen två insatser med JAS 39 Gripen för att möta ryska stridsflyg i Östersjön nära svenskt luftrum. Incidenterna involverade två ryska stridsflyg a...

Since 1990, DOD’s costliest weapon programs have consistently exceeded cost estimates and delivery schedules—wasting billions of dollars and decades...

Norway is just the latest ally to open discussions with Paris about France’s extended nuclear deterrence initiative.

My weekly update. This week, Ukraine's logistic lockdown and its integration with tactical and deep strike operations, the new Taiwanese Littoral Combat Command and my Big 5 recommended reads.

Pulte, head of a mortgage regulation agency and a loyalist to President Donald Trump, will replace Tulsi Gabbard, who is leaving as director of national intelligence.

Washington has signalled openness to additional countries hosting nuclear-capable bombers

How Europe Should Respond to Nuclear Threats

President Donald Trump has repeated his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him at least 107 times in the last six months, keeping the grievance front and center even as he faces new po...