The Air Force's next-generation nuclear missile program has blown its budget and hit serious delays. Here's how things went sideways.

America's 450 nuclear missile silos exist, at least in part, to be destroyed in a nuclear attack. USA TODAY breaks down the debate over their future.

The Nuclear Sponge is a five-part explanatory project by USA TODAY that aims to inform readers about the strategic debate and costs of modernizing the land leg of America’s nuclear triad.

USA TODAY asked experts what changes our leaders can make to nuclear missile modernization to make the country a safer place.

U.S. nuclear strategy revolves around the idea of the “triad.” Each of the military’s methods for delivering a nuclear strike represents a leg – the air leg (bomber planes), the sea leg (missile ...

The MH-139 replaces variants of the UH-1 Huey helicopter, which have flown the ICBM security mission for over 50 years.

On the Wednesday, January 7, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: “The Nuclear Sponge” is a five-part project by USA TODAY ...

The US Air Force's Boeing MH-139 Grey Wolf has commenced operational nuclear security duties, completing its first convoy ...