Could Trump’s Iron Dome work? Only if Canada attacks Detroit.
Israel’s missile defense system is effective in close quarters. That model won’t help the U.S.
Trump’s Orbital Missile Shield Could Aid His Nuclear Disarmament Foray
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.
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A veteran of Reagan’s “Star Wars” has doubts about Trump’s “Iron Dome”
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Latiff explains why the executive order to create a space-based defense shield would ...
Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...
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GOP senators back Trump’s space-based ‘Iron Dome’ plan with $19.5B bill
Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced the “Iron Dome Act” on Feb. 6, proposing $19.5 billion in funding for fiscal year 2026 to implement Trump’s recent executive order ...
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Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ plan would put weapons in space, at a big cost
The first Trump administration floated a space weapon concept in March 2018: a neutral particle beam in space. But it ...
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The national missile defense fantasy—again
The only way to eliminate the threat of nuclear-armed missiles is to negotiate their elimination—not pretend some magic ...
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What is Trump's Iron Dome for America? A next-generation missile shield and a return to Reagan's 'Star Wars' program
President Donald Trump wants a next-generation missile shield with space-based interceptors ... week essentially revives Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, often referred to as "Star Wars.