They opened this war by moving two Navy aircraft carriers — along with dozens of Air Force fighters, bombers and refueling planes — into the region. Three destroyers escort each carrier, armed with a variety of offensive and defensive missiles.

Finland plans to lift a ban on importing nuclear weapons, citing NATO membership and the need to strengthen national defense.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seized weapons and cartridges are shown at a press conference at Wuppertal police headquarters. According to the public prosecutor's office, several weapons were found during an operation.

As we approach Sept. 21, International Day of Peace, I found myself reflecting on the theme for 2025, "Act Now for a Peaceful World," while flying home from Japan. August marked 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Japan's ...

International treaties including the Chemical Weapons Convention (1997), Biological Weapons Convention (1975), Ottawa Treaty (1999), and Convention on Cluster Munitions (2010) banned weapons like mustard gas, sarin, VX, anthrax, smallpox, anti-personnel ...

Drones turned battlefields into networks of cheap flying sensors and precision weapons, forcing armies to rethink everything from armor to air defense. Now two emerging systems, high-energy lasers and electronic warfare tools built to blind or hijack ...

Weapons of mass destruction during the Civil War will be discussed at a special meeting of the Civil War Round Table of the Mid-Ohio Valley at 7 p.m. March 12 at the Knights of Columbus, 312 Franklin St.

The U.S. maintains Cold War weapons in storage for surge capacity, spare parts, allied transfers, and emergency mobilization. F-117 stealth aircraft remain in flyable storage and are occasionally used for classified missions and advanced testing.

US-Israeli strikes killed Iran's leader but have not toppled the government, which now, from its perch on the Strait of Hormuz, has put the entire world economy on the war's