The Army said it’s on track to field the first US hypersonic weapon — a ground-launched missile called the Dark Eagle — by the end of the month, but the system still hasn’t proven it would be ...

The Defense Department wants troops to have new weapons quickly. But testing processes don't include the best ways to do that ...

Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...

A nonpartisan government watchdog is calling on the Department of Defense to update its testing policies so U.S. troops can acquire weapons at a quicker scale. The Government Accountability Office ...

The US military was spotted testing a new stealth nuclear weapon on a Cold War bomber last week — just as the Air Force was preparing to test its Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile An ...

GYEONGJU, South Korea - President Donald Trump on Thursday morning said he directed the Pentagon to begin testing nuclear weapons “on an equal basis” with Russia and China, an apparent attempt to flex ...

Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy has forward-deployed the laser-armed destroyer USS Preble in Japan since October 2024. The 60-kilowatt weapon—High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and ...

A subsurface atomic test near Yucca Flats, Nev., in March 1955. (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission via AP) In what would be a major shift in a decades-old American policy against global nuclear ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. It was ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — New tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday. It was ...