Cold War Nuclear Missile Silo Listed as Rental on Airbnb The Subterra Castle was originally part of a ring of nine Air Force missile silos built around Topeka, Kansas in 1959.
US Troops, Carrier Brace for Possible Fallout from Scrapped Iran Deal Thousands of U.S. troops in Syria and Iraq have been bolstered by the aircraft carrier Truman and its strike group.
North Korea Says It Tested a New Hypersonic Intermediate-Range Missile that Uses Solid Propellants With the supposed success of the demonstration, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared his country had acquired the ability...
'Fracture Jaw': The Army's Plan to Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons During the Vietnam War On Jan. 24, 1968, Westmoreland asked Sharp to move tactical nuclear weapons into northern Quang Tri province as a last-ditch...
Army Cancels Planned Public Visits to Trinity Bomb Site in April. You Can Blame 'Oppenheimer.' The Army has canceled the April 6 open house for the public to visit the New Mexico site of the Trinity atomic bomb blast for...
US and Japan Seek UN Resolution Calling on All Nations to Ban Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space The United States and Japan are sponsoring a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop...
Air Force Missile Base Personnel Have Elevated Breast, Prostate Cancer Rates, Initial Study Results Indicate The early results, shared by the service and reported for the first time here, indicate elevated rates of breast and prostate...
Putin Says Russia Is Ready to Use Nuclear Weapons if Its Sovereignty or Independence Is Threatened President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to its statehood, sovereignty...
The US Military Almost Deployed Nuclear Missile Trains on American Railroads During the Cold War The Cuban Missile Crisis was two decades in the rearview, but in the early 1980s, Cold War tensions between the United States...
The US Military Already Has a Decades-Old Countermeasure for Russian Space Nukes During the Cold War, the Air Force used an F-15 and a specially designed missile to destroy a satellite in orbit.
Troop Pay Safe After Congress Approves Extension of Government Funding Troop pay is no longer in jeopardy after Congress approved legislation to keep the government funded through mid-March and...
They Fought in Iraq’s Bloodiest Battle. Will Their Kids Be the Next Generation of Marines? No matter the profession, parents and children in both civilian and military families must navigate delicate decisions about...
14.5% Junior Enlisted Pay Raise, Restriction on Care for Transgender Military Kids Headed to Biden's Desk The 4.5% raise will be added to all service members' paychecks at the beginning of January, while the remaining 10% extra for...
Army Set to Debut Master Combat Badges in Spring, Memo Says The Army is set to begin awarding Master Combat Badges, which will combine expert and traditional combat badges, next spring...
Police Say Marine Charged with Escort's Murder Googled Whether It's Possible to Scream While Being Strangled In what a local official called a "chilling" case, an active-duty Marine stationed in Florida was arrested and charged with...
