During the War of 1812 (1812–1815), the armed conflict between the United States and England, a fierce battle was waged when sixteen English warships formed a semicircle around Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, and proceeded to attack the...

A missile (see also pronunciation differences) is a self-propelled, explosive projectile used as a weapon towards a target. Missiles are typically propelled by rockets, but other engines such as ramjet, turbojet and turbofan engines can also be...

Two decades ago, President Ronald Reagan proposed a simple yet bold idea to reduce the risks of nuclear-armed ballistic missile attacks and "mutual assured destruction." At the October 1986 Reykjavik summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Reagan suggested that both countries eliminate all offensive...

IT HAS BEEN a bad week for President Bush's scheme to sell Russia and the NATO allies on the merits of missile defense and the correlative abandonment of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. These failures may be embarrassing for Bush, but they can become...

Defense: Apart from prosecuting the global war on terror, creating a comprehensive missile defense shield is the Pentagon's most important job in the 21st century. Yet some in Congress are trying to kill it.Why is Congress trying to defund the U.S. missile defense shield in...

China confirmed Tuesday it has conducted an anti-satellite weapons test but insisted it wasn't militarizing space, nearly two weeks after the event that alarmed the world and prompted questions about Beijing's motives.Both the United States and Japan have expressed concern about the Jan. 11 test,...