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

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.

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for an "Iron Dome for America", borrowing the name of Israel's vaunted missile defence system. "We need to immediately begin the ...

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 ...

Why build a comprehensive anti-missile defense system now ... they knew that a nuclear strike would be stopped by a missile defense shield. Russia is well aware of the efficacy of missile defense.

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

While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific ...