A year after a disastrous maiden launch, North Korea's new destroyer is up and firing its guns

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The Choe Hyon launches several missiles from its deck.
The Kang Kon is the second warship of its class; the first, pictured here, was commissioned in late June.

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'Epic Fury': Video shows US and Israel attacks on Iran as Tehran retaliates

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Explosions were heard in Tehran on Saturday, Feb. 28, as the US and Israel launched a joint "preemptive" attack, called "Epic Fury" by the Pentagon

Iranian forces say they struck a US naval base in Bahrain, as the country launched strikes across the region in retaliation.

Flight radar shows airspace empty over Iran after US, Israel strikes

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Maps by flight-tracking service Flightradar24 showed that airspace over Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Bahrain and Jordan was empty, early on February 28.

The rulebook that limited US and Russian nukes has fallen apart. Both sides could revert to worst-case scenario planning, experts warn.

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A Russian missile on a truck rolls through a street during a military parade.
New START expired this week, prompting a new era without a nuclear arms deal between the US and Russia.

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US accuses China of breaking rules on nuclear weapons by hiding explosions and preparing for more testing

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Chinese missiles sit on trucks.
China's nuclear weapons arsenal is assessed to top 1,000 by 2030.

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The US will launch an ICBM across the Pacific — and no, it has nothing to do with Trump's new nuclear testing plans

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Two men stand on a barren field as an intercontinental ballistic missile launches into the sky.
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US Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Draeke Layman

A new uranium processing facility for US nukes is late and billions over budget as the old one crumbles, watchdog reports

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A processing machine for uranium and a bomb are seen on display in a museum.
The Y-12 National Security Complex was built during the Manhattan Project to produce enriched uranium for nuclear bombs.

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China has 600 nukes already, and it wants to beat US missile defenses, the Pentagon says

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping, dressed in military formal wear, speaks in front of twin rostrum mikes.
China continues to make more operational nuclear warheads.

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Russian deserter who guarded nuclear weapons base says there were constant lie-detector tests

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The silhouette of a missile against a setting sun.
A missile at an undisclosed location in Russia.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File

Putin is intensifying nuclear threats as the West wavers over Ukraine's use of long-range weapons

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at a security council meeting in Moscow in September 2024.

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