China’s nuclear weapon stockpile grew to an estimated 620 warheads as of January 2026, up from about 600 a year earlier, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s newly published World Nuclear Forces assessment. SIPRI researchers Hans M. Kristensen and Matt Korda say the increase is part of a broader expansion that shows no […]

Air Force maintenance crews completed a first-of-its-kind overhaul of a Minuteman III missile suspension system on August 18, removing the component from a launch facility near Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, shipping it to California for a full refurbishment, and reinstalling it back at the same site. The work was carried out by the […]