The Oreshnik missile is seen by U.S. officials more as an attempt at intimidation than a game-changer on the battlefield.

Defense cooperation agreements between the United States and Northern European countries pose a direct threat to Russia’s Northern strategic forces. If the United States deploys advanced short-range ballistic missile systems to Norway’s Finnmark or Finland’s Lapland regions,

Daniel P. Driscoll, the U.S. Army secretary, used the growing threat from Moscow as a way to sell a quick peace deal unfavorable to Ukraine.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Russia conducted a successful test of the Burevestnik, a nuclear-powered cruise missile that President Vladimir Putin says can evade all existing missile defense systems.

The existence of the 9M730 Burevestnik was first made official in early 2018 as a part of six new strategic weapons, including hypersonic and ballistic missiles and a nuclear-capable torpedo. The Russian Chief of General Staff, General Valery Gerasimov ...

New Delhi, Dec 6 (PTI) Russia agreed to encourage joint manufacturing in India of military hardware and spare parts for maintenance of Russian-origin arms and defence equipment. Ways to bolster overall bilateral defence cooperation figured prominently during summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.

The last agreement constraining US and Russian nuclear weapons expires in two months, and Putin has proposed to extend it. But it takes two to tango.

Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia recently completed the successful test of a new nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed missile, Burevestnik (which translates as “Storm Petrel”), calling it “a unique weapon that no other country possesses.” Because of ...