BRUSSELS(AP) — NATO will hold its major annual nuclear exercise next week, the alliance’s chief announced Friday, with an important part of the drill to focus on protecting the weapons before they're ...

Defense Minister Antti Hakkanen stated that the legislative amendment was necessary to enable Finland’s military defense as part of the alliance and to fully leverage NATO’s collective deterrence.

The exercise has now become part of Arctic Sentry, the NATO mission to strengthen its presence in the polar region.

A group of NATO navies are conducting “Operation Ice Camp Boarfish” in the Arctic Ocean—even as a war rages thousands of miles away in Iran.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a press conference in Berlin. Soeren Stache/dpa NATO chief Mark Rutte has said ...

Finland is hosting one of the largest exercises in the region, demonstrating how the alliance is preparing for potential ...

NATO’s standing threat to attack Russia with nuclear weapons is put on parade every autumn. This year’s thermonuclear dry run —dubbed Steadfast Noon — got started Oct. 13, according to NATO’s press ...

NATO chief Mark Rutte said the success earlier this month of the military alliance's annual nuclear exercise gave him "absolute confidence in the credibility of NATO's nuclear deterrence" in the face ...

Finland keeps nuclear weapons off its territory in peacetime as NATO expands conventional presence in the Nordic region after Russia’s war on Ukraine.

The two countries are expected to conduct AUKUS pillar 2 tests while HMS Anson is within Australian waters.

The French president pointed to threats from Russia and China as well as changing U.S. defense priorities as reasons for the atomic buildup.