UN Security Council holds urgent closed meeting on Iran’s ‘cowardly’ attacks on Gulf energy sites * EU leaders call for moratorium on strikes against energy and water facilities in Middle East

The United States military has tested its Minuteman lll nuclear ballistic missile at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, which hit its target in the Pacific Ocean

Turkey said on Monday that NATO air defences shot down a second ballistic missile fired from Iran into Turkish airspace.

Israeli military says it had prepared for a prolonged conflict after a news report said its supplies of ballistic missile interceptors were running “critically low.”

A ballistic missile launched from Iran was neutralized by NATO air defence systems as it entered Turkish airspace, Turkey's Defence Ministry said on Friday, marking the third such incident since

The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, plunging the Middle East into a new conflict that President Donald Trump said would end a security threat to the United States and offer Iranians a chance to topple their rulers.

Pakistan's existing arsenal is already sufficient to deter a regional nuclear or conventional attack, so an ICBM would serve a different purpose - deterring the US

ODNI revealed that U.S. adversaries Russia and China continue to develop advanced missile systems and carry out cyber campaigns.