A missile from a Navy ship intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile Monday. — -- A missile from a U.S. Navy ship intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile in a test off Hawaii on Monday, ...

The person who hit the button that sent an emergency alert warning people living in or visiting Hawaii that a ballistic missile was heading to the island state has been reassigned. Officials have not ...

HONOLULU -- When a cell phone alert erroneously warned of an imminent missile threat in Hawaii, similar messages were broadcast over local television and radio outlets urging the public to take cover.

For 38 horrifying minutes, residents and visitors in Hawaii thought they were going to die in a nuclear attack. People scrambled for cover, piled into shelters and basements, texted loved ones, and ...

The Japanese navy had a second successful ballistic missile intercept in space late Tuesday using a Standard Missile-3 made by Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems, the company said Wednesday. The ...

Thinking about nuclear war is scary, but we have no choice. — -- They issued an alert that essentially said, “You’ll be dead in 15 minutes.” That’s it. No automated follow-up about what to do, ...

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Navy Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, on Feb. 10, 2016. (DoD photo by Navy Petty ...

U.S. defense intelligence believes North Korea will have five-fold the current estimated number of ICBMs by 2035.

General Patton may have said, "Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men," but that was before humanity started harnessing the power of the missile and turned it into a weapon of ...