The F-35 program cost $1.7T but early deployments exposed low readiness rates and immature software. The Zumwalt destroyer cost over $4B per ship but its main gun became unusable due to $1M per round ...

Resuming full testing of nuclear weapons — as President Donald Trump called for last week — would be unnecessary, costly, undermine nonproliferation efforts, and empower the nation’s adversaries to ...

On paper, many of the world’s most famous weapons looked like reliable successes. In practice, desert sand, jungle humidity, and arctic cold often had other ideas. Systems that performed well in ...

The U.K. Ministry of Defence recently tested the DragonFire laser weapon at a facility in Scotland, destroying high-speed drones with its targeted energy technology. Why it matters: Militaries have ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. — At the Rock Island Arsenal, the steady banging of tools signals another day of testing for U.S. Army equipment, where high-powered rounds are put through their paces. “This ...

The MQ‑28A Ghost Bat combat drone successfully fired an AIM‑120 air-to-air missile in a live-fire test, as Australia signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Boeing Defence Australia for six ...

After hearing from Jay and Lewis residents, Jay's Town Board voted against U.S. government's proposal to turn old missile ...

U.S. President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping. China's nuclear expansion is on a trajectory to soon rival America's arsenal, the authors of this op-ed write. (AP/Shutterstock) In ...

US President Donald Trump refers to a ‘sonic weapon’ he describes as a ‘discombobulator’, but what is he talking about?

President Donald Trump’s recent social media post about his intention for the United States to resume nuclear weapons testing — doubled down in comments aboard Air Force One — demonstrates how little ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday the Pentagon is revamping how the military buys weapons, shifting the focus away from producing advanced and complex technology and toward ...