The US Army is planning to deploy the Pentagon’s first hypersonic weapon by the end of the year, even though the Defense Department’s own test office said the weapon hasn’t yet proven it would be ...

Calder McHugh is deputy editor of POLITICO Nightly.

Nuclear warfare has so far been constrained by human judgement. By leaders who bear responsibility and by human conscience.

North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has said the use of artificial intelligence is a “top priority” in modernising his ...

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Long-range weapons will not totally reshape war as we know it—but they could blur the difference between offensive and ...

The Ukrainian military claims its long-range drones have hit key Russian targets, including an ammunition plant, an oil ...

The BLU-118 “cave buster” is a similarly specialized munition for underground targets. Developed specifically to target ...

Japan and the Philippines agreed this week to boost cooperation on weapons and military technology amid Chinese aggression in the East and South China seas. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and ...

A strong military depends on many elements: the size of its armed forces, defense spending, advanced technology, nuclear ...

China's Xi Jinping invited his Russian and North Korean counterparts to witness a spectacle of military might. Here are some of the weapons put on parade.

Though the U.S. military has cutting-edge technology and constantly evolving weapons development, the military also maintains ...