Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...

In a Pentagon town hall, new defense secretary set out an agenda for longer-term plans, faster deployment of tech, and staff ...

President Trump on Monday night signed an executive order to create a next-generation missile defense shield, which the White ...

Currently, if the U.S. had to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) heading for American soil, it would have an ad-hoc approach ... pushed for what he termed the Strategic Defense ...

In a sweeping executive order issued Monday, President Trump announced the launch of a bold initiative to develop and deploy a next-generation missile defense shield, dubbed "The Iron Dome for America ...

Wonder Land: In 1986, Sen. Joe Biden mocked as ‘reckless’ Ronald Reagan's 'Strategic Defense Initiative,' a program to counter the ballistic missile threat. Israel ran with it, creating the ...

Recently, President Donald Trump fulfilled another campaign promise by ordering the Defense Department to develop a plan for what he calls an “Iron Dome for America,” named after the wildly ...

The Iron Dome plan resembles former President Ronald Reagon's proposed dual objective of Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and nuclear disarmament, said Hans Kristensen, the director of the ...

The initiative acknowledges the historical efforts of prior leaders, notably President Ronald Reagan's strategic defense initiatives, which aimed to create a viable defense against nuclear threats.