The United States, Russia and China—the top three nuclear-armed powers—have all test-fired their intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, over the past year as the arms race among them looms, challenging global strategic balance and stability.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG-76) slipped quietly into the contested waters near Scarborough Shoal on the morning of Aug.13. As it pressed toward the edge of China’s declared "territorial sea," shadowing vessels from the People’s ...

Missiles can reach Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, Guam, and even the continental US. China's missile force has received a lot of investment amid the country's military modernization. China's missile arsenal is expanding rapidly, and new maps and data from ...

Key Points and Summary - China has spent decades building an anti-ship missile arsenal designed to hold U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups at risk across the Western Pacific. -DF-21D and DF-26 “carrier killers,” YJ-18 and YJ-21 cruise and hypersonic ...