East Asia and Pacific Region
Virginia-class Submarines: The Guardian of Indo-Pacific Region
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Nuclear Weapons
Americas
U.S. Navy Launches Two Unarmed Trident II Nuclear Capable Missiles From USS Wyoming Submarine
The U.S. Navy conducted a two-missile test flight of unarmed life-extended Trident II-D5LE missiles from the USS Wyoming in the Eastern Test Range off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla, over the weekend, according to […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Why Australia Should Sign Nuclear Arms Sharing Agreement With the U.S.?
On 15 September 2021, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morison announced that Australia would build nuclear-powered submarines; speculation has been rife as to which submarines are being considered. The partners, Australian-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS), have given […]
Central Asia
John Bolton warns Taliban may get nuclear weapons from Pakistan
Former national security adviser John Bolton claimed that the military withdrawal from Afghanistan could lead to the Taliban getting nuclear weapons from Pakistan. John Bolton served as national security adviser from April 2018 to September […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
North Korea Restarted Yongbyon Nuclear Research Facility, Says IAEA
North Korea appears to have begun operating a nuclear reactor capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium after a pause of more than 2 1/2 years, according to a new report by the United Nations’ International Atomic […]
Americas
Northrop Grumman Awarded Minuteman ICBM’s Propulsion Contract
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $287 million base contract by the US Air Force to provide engineering services to assist in sustaining the Minuteman III missile system. The Propulsion Subsystem Support Contract (PSSC) 2.0, […]
Defense Industry
China’s Tokamak Nuclear Reactor Generated Whopping 101 Million Degree Celsius
China’s “artificial sun” tokamak has sustained a plasma reaction for a whopping 101 seconds at 120 million degrees Celsius, setting new records in the field of nuclear fusion. The breakthrough could pave the way for a […]
Americas
Northrop Grumman $2.3 Billion Maintenance Contract For LGM-30 Minuteman III
Northrop Grumman was awarded a $2.3 billion contract for the propulsion system maintenance of the Minuteman III missile system, the Pentagon announced. The contract, which runs through 2040, calls for “sustaining engineering support and program […]
Europe
France Test-fires M51 Nuclear Ballistic Missile
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) successfully conducted a test firing of an M51 nuclear strategic ballistic missile without a warhead from the Landes site of DGA Missile Tests today. Florence Parly, Minister of […]
Air-Launched Weapons
US Air Force’s F-35A Drops B61-12 Nuclear Bomb
Two major US defense initiatives recently came together as a US Air Force F-35A Lightning II dropped a mock refurbished B61-12 nuclear bomb for the first time. The test, which took place over Sandia National Laboratories’ Tonopah […]