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Pentagon says China’s nuclear warhead growth slows, commits to stabilizing tensions

The Washington Post 24 Dec 2025
The Department of Defense’s new China Military Power Report notes China’s continued buildup, while taking a more conciliatory approach to tensions with Beijing ... .
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Ukraine explains how it used a drone with an airburst warhead to set up its ...

Business Insider 24 Dec 2025
The SBU said it attacked the Sea Dragon with a drone-carried warhead that dispersed over 2,000 fragments at its target ... it used a drone that carried a warhead capable of dispersing 2,000 fragments.
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Pentagon Report Warns China Aims for 1,000 Nuclear Warheads, Eyes Possible Taiwan Attack by 2027

Khaama Press 23 Dec 2025
Pentagon report says China is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal toward 1,000 warheads while preparing military options for a potential Taiwan attack by 2027 ... and Russia, limits strategic nuclear warheads to 1,550 and delivery systems to 700.
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Modernized nuclear warheads ready for deployment on 18,750-ton US missile submarine

Interesting Engineering 18 Dec 2025
The W88 warhead entered the US nuclear stockpile in 1988 and remains a central component of the sea-based leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.  ... Full-rate production of the upgraded warhead began in 2022. Modernized nuclear warheads.
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Pantex Plant reaches milestone with nuclear warhead project

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 17 Dec 2025
This record of delivery signals to our adversaries and our allies and partners alike that under President Trump’s leadership, the United States has the will and the means to field newer, safer, and more capable warheads for our strategic deterrent.".
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NNSA completes Last Production Unit of W88 Nuclear Warhead Upgrade (NNSA - National Nuclear Security Administration)

Public Technologies 16 Dec 2025
... modernize the W88 nuclear warhead carried onboard Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines ... nuclear stockpile in 1988, and the process to upgrade the warhead reached full production in 2022.
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NNSA completes Last Production Unit of W88 Nuclear Warhead Upgrade (US Department of Energy)

Public Technologies 16 Dec 2025
Home Topics Modernize America's Nuclear Stockpile NNSA completes Last Production Unit of W88 Nuclear Warhead Upgrade. NNSA completes Last Production Unit of W88 Nuclear Warhead Upgrade ... of the warhead.
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‘Warhead’ Review: Cerebral Combat

Wall Street Journal 10 Dec 2025
How do wounded soldiers power through to achieve feats of heroism? Understanding how the brain works is a key to avoid losing wars ... .
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TERROR CAVE IN CENTRAL ISRAEL: IDF Finds Rockets In Arab City, 1 With Explosive Warhead

Virtual Jerusalem 09 Dec 2025
One rocket contained a warhead with explosive material.
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US finishes first nuclear warhead subassembly for new long-range cruise missile

Interesting Engineering 25 Nov 2025
A CSA forms the secondary stage of a two-stage thermonuclear weapon, the part that boosts the warhead’s final explosive power. First nuclear warhead subassembly.
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Will US detonate a nuclear warhead as part of tests? Trump says…

Live Mint 15 Nov 2025
Earlier, US President Donald Trump had announced the resumption of nuclear tests after 33 years while on his way to meet President Xi Jinping for trade talks in South Korea's Busan ....
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