A US Air Force warhead tracking jet is currently soaring over states home to America's missile silos. The craft is rarely ...

From Minot to Beale, explore the Cold War-era US Air Force bases still operating today and how they continue shaping modern American airpower.

The Air Force's next-generation nuclear missile program has blown its budget and hit serious delays. Here's how things went sideways.

WASHINGTON – Critical water projects and a bill to advance nuclear modernization at Minot Air Force Base are included in a ...

How safe is the U.S. if an attack were to occur on our soil? Could Florida be a potential target? Here are some speculation ...

A Newsweek map shows where China has constructed three silo fields, each capable of housing about 100 missiles, as part of its counterstrike strategy in the event of a nuclear war. China's Foreign ...

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Minot Air Force Base carries the name of the city of Minot but a number of other names were suggested before Minot AFB became its permanent name. According to the files of The ...

The sponge metaphor first emerged in 1978 when the Air Force’s top general announced a new plan to base cutting-edge nuclear missiles in the Southwest. The “Missile, Experimental,” or MX, a powerful ...

The Nuclear Sponge is a five-part explanatory project by USA TODAY that aims to inform readers about the strategic debate and costs of modernizing the land leg of America’s nuclear triad. The United ...

China has reportedly loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles into three newly constructed silo fields near its border with Mongolia and shows little interest in arms control talks, ...