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

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Latiff explains why the executive order to create a space-based defense shield would ...

For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and missile warning satellites into orbit.

A U.S. high-tech anti-ballistic missile defense system proposed during the Reagan administration in the 1980s. Also called "Star Wars." THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

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.