Russia’s Oreshnik Missile Strike Sparks Global Security Alarm
DefenseNews: Has the world just entered a perilous new chapter in long-range missile warfare where strategic deterrence and regional security hang by a thread? On January 9, 2026 , Russia’s Defense Ministry announced a massive deep strike on Ukraine that included the operational use of the Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) a weapon capable of covering thousands of kilometers at hypersonic speeds , potentially carrying multiple warheads and transcending traditional battlefield paradigms. While Moscow framed the strike as a…
DefenseNews: US Air Force to test launch nuclear missile Wednesday morning
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force plans to conduct a test launch of an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile early Wednesday morning, the Pentagon announced. Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a Tuesday briefing that Air Force Global Strike Command will launch the Minuteman III missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, calling it a routine test that was scheduled well in advance. It will be the second such test in less than a month, since the Aug. 16 launch of another unarmed Minuteman III from Vandenberg. That la…
India not revisiting its nuclear doctrine, Modi assures Japan
NEW DELHI: Keeping in view Tokyo's nuclear sensitivities on the eve of his visit to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed that India is not revising its nuclear doctrine. In an interview to Japanese journalists here, Modi said, "While every government naturally takes into account the latest assessment of strategic scenarios and makes adjustments as necessary, there is a tradition of national consensus and continuity on such issues. I can tell you that currently, we are not taking any initiative for a review of our …
DRDO sets eye on 10,000 km range ballistic missiles.
Inter-continental ballistic missile Agni-5, which can cover entire China and reach Europe with its range of 5,000 km, will be ready for induction in the armed forces in two years, amid assertion by DRDO that it can produce a weapon system with a range of 10,000 km. Inter-continental ballistic missile Agni-5, which can cover entire China and reach Europe with its range of 5,000 km, will be ready for induction in the armed forces in two years, amid assertion by DRDO that it can produce a weapon system with a range of 10,000 km. A…
India should lift the lid off Nuclear secrecy
We are just weeks beyond the fifteenth anniversary of the 1998 nuclear tests, and less than a year from the fortieth anniversary of India's 1974 "peaceful nuclear experiment." India is justly proud of what its nuclear scientists have accomplished. We are just weeks beyond the fifteenth anniversary of the 1998 nuclear tests, and less than a year from the fortieth anniversary of India's 1974 "peaceful nuclear experiment." India is justly proud of what its nuclear scientists have accomplished. In the face of …
New chief of India's military research complex reveals brave new mandate
As Defence Minister A.K. Antony leaves on a 4-day official visit to China on Thursday, the first by a Defence Minister in seven years, new facts about the direction India's nuclear missile programme is taking could send out an unprecedented message. In details revealed for the first time in an exclusive interview to Headlines Today, the new chief of the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) Dr Avinash Chander has revealed that one of his key mandates as the head of the country's military research complex, is to drastically reduce th…
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