Hypersonic weapons are in the spotlight. Here’s how they work, why they matter, and what current programs in Russia, China, ...

A new report from a bipartisan commission in the United States has made a striking claim about China’s actions during the short but tense India-Pakistan conflict earlier this year. According to the ...

The Navy says it needs more missiles and ships to confront China's challenge. The Navy's businessman-turned-secretary has a ...

Who wins the global race for artificial intelligence will determine whether this century is defined by American freedom or ...

Beijing could easily outfit “roll-on/roll-off” civilian ships with laser weapons, pressing them into service to cross the ...

Whatever the specific weapon that was tested was called, it undoubtedly erodes US nuclear superiority by enhancing China’s second-strike capability. On September 29, China’s People’s Liberation Army ...

For China’s People’s Liberation Army, massive parades like the recent celebration of the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II are more than propaganda set pieces. Military leaders use them to ...

The United States is behind Russia and China in its development of hypersonic weapons, a new study has warned. A “battlefield asymmetry” is developing because of America’s slowness in working on ...

SEVEN YEARS ago, when America’s trade war with China was just getting started, the Chinese science and technology ministry did something unusual. Its official newspaper, which usually confines itself ...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is working to develop an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle. Credit: Artist concept by AFRL and Leidos WASHINGTON — A group of former senior U.S. defense officials ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to begin testing U.S. nuclear weapons "on an equal basis" with Russia and China, heralding a potentially major shift in decades of U.S. policy at a time of ...