President Trump’s blueprints to build a space-based missile defense shield could help him push for cuts in atomic weapons arsenals with Russia and other nuclear powers.

The first Trump administration floated a space weapon concept in March 2018: a neutral particle beam in space. But it ...

This new initiative expands upon decades of U.S. missile defense efforts, building on technologies from the Reagan-era ...

Protecting the U.S. would require novel solutions, like orbiting missile interceptors that can destroy incoming attacks.

An American Iron Dome simply would cost too much money. If a U.S. adversary were to launch missiles against the United States, Montgomery figured, that adversary might fire 500 to 600 missiles. To ...

The Trump executive order notes that developing a missile defense system is part of a strategy of “peace through strength.” ...

Israel’s missile defense system has been a huge success. Could it work for the USA, which is more than 400 times larger than ...

Japan has requested the purchase of up to 150 SM-6 anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic missiles from the American government and ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the development of an "Iron Dome" defense system to shield the United States from an ...