President Trump should secure America’s nuclear future by taking weapons out of DoE
America’s nuclear weapons arsenal is too central to national defense to be buried inside the Department of Energy, argues Franklin C. Miller and Frank A. Rose.
Macron calls to increase French nuclear arsenal, team with Germany and others on ‘deterrent’
"We cannot be satisfied with our current trajectory and I owe the nation the absolute assurance that our nuclear deterrence remains credible," French President Emmanuel Macron said.
Breaking Defense announces Breaking Defense Europe, a new, distinct, European edition
Breaking Defense Europe will launch May 4 with Tim Martin and Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo as co-editors.
Caine: US objective is to keep Iran from projecting power outside own borders
“We're not going to go into the exercise of what we will or will not do,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters.
Costs and delays on NNSA construction projects more than doubled since 2023: GAO report
"Management, vendor, and input costs all contributed to cost growth and delays," according to the Government Accountability Office.
America needs a nuclear nonproliferation policy … again
For the last 16 years, the US has not had any nuclear nonproliferation policies. Henry Sokolski in this op-ed argues why that needs to change.
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Nevada National Security Sites: 75 years. One mission.
NNSS advances U.S. security with science, training, and stewardship to protect the nation.
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Why enterprise IT modernization matters now – and how to “delight by design”
Do more with less: streamline workflows, reduce duplication, invest upfront to save long-term.
Trump wants to stop nuclear proliferation. STRATCOM could play a major role.
Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, argues that the US needs to carry a new "big stick."
How South Korea can deter North Korea’s nuclear gambit with precision air and naval power
To be prepared against North Korea's nuclear capabilities, South Korea should be prepared to execute preemptive, conventional strikes, argues Ju Hyung Kim of the Security Management Institute.
Don’t let Iran walk free from the NPT
Henry Sokolski lays out recommendations on how to deter Iran, and other nations, from withdrawing from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Twin political paths President Trump can take to ensure nuclear deterrence
"The fundamental point, though, at least in the short term, would be for Trump to send a political message to Russia via allied consultations that American security is indivisible from NATO," writes Kyle Balzer of AEI in this op-ed.
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3D vision is redefining how drones navigate without GPS
As “dirty” RF and contested environments proliferate, autonomy increasingly depends on resilient positioning.
Allvin: It’s make or break time. America needs more Air Force.
In an exclusive for Breaking Defense, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin makes the case for why the US needs to invest in the future of his service.
Putin’s new nuclear doctrine: It’s my arsenal and I’ll strike if I want to
In a new analysis, expert William Alberque says Putin's new nuclear doctrine says "that any nation aligned with a nuclear state, or any state receiving assistance from any nuclear state or state aligned with a nuclear state — i.e., all of NATO — can be the target of nuclear weapons if Russia feels threatened."
Into the unknown: Managing conventional and nuclear uncertainty in the Indo-Pacific
"Rather than dismiss, ignore, or overlook conventional-nuclear integration discussions, US operational leaders must understand that China’s nuclear future is dangerous and uncertain, and that the United States is ill-prepared for this ambiguous future," write two CNAS experts.
EXCLUSIVE: F-35A officially certified to carry nuclear bomb
The designation marks the first time that a stealth fighter can carry a nuclear weapon, in this case the B61-12 thermonuclear gravity bomb.