Russia Has New Nuclear Missiles - Experts Think They're a ‘Significant Threat’

Pentagon: Russia Has Nuke-tipped Air-to-air Missiles

The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency has warned that Russia has expanded its nuclear arsenal by adding nuclear-tipped air-to-air missiles, a callback to such weapons harnessed during the Cold War by the U.S. and Soviet Union. The DIA did not offer further details in its 2025 Worldwide Threat Assessment, which was unveiled in a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations hearing on May 15 with the agency’s direc…

Opportunities that have no equal: Russia is putting into operation new aircraft — War Zone: EADaily

EADaily, May 22nd, 2025. Russia is commissioning new air—to-air missiles with nuclear warheads as part of the expansion of its nuclear forces. This is reported by The War Zone with reference to the report of the Intelligence Directorate of the US Department of Defense (DIA, DIA).

Russia has new nuclear missiles - experts think they're a ‘significant threat’

Russia’s expansion of its nuclear forces through new weapons is a “significant threat” to Europe, and an arms race over hypersonic delivery systems could spiral out of control, according to a specialist on Russia’s nuclear programmes. A new report from the US Defence Intelligence Agency (DNI) suggested that Moscow is “expanding its nuclear forces by adding new capabilities, including nuclear air-to-air missiles and novel nuclear systems.”The rep…

Responding to China's and Russia's Nuclear Escalation

During the Cold War, the United States maintained a diverse arsenal of nuclear weapons to support deter Soviet aggression. This arsenal included land-based, theater-range missiles operated by the U.S. Army. Such systems complicated Soviet decision-making and provided the President with…

Russia expanding nukes' arsenal, deploying air-to-air nuclear missiles: US intelligence

In an unclassified intelligence assessment, the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has said that Russia is expanding its nuclear arsenal and has deployed an air-to-air nuclear missile.

Moscow has rekindled a Cold War idea.