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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Missile Defense Agency Soliciting ‘Iron Dome’ Information
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is beginning its outreach to industry to understand what new technologies would be available ...
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Trump is Right to Prioritize Homeland Missile Defense
President Trump's executive order for an "Iron Dome" missile defense shield of the U.S. brings attention to the gaps in homeland defense.
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Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
freeing up the Missile Defense Agency, or MDA, to focus entirely on capability research and development. While this has been done for certain programs, such as the Patriot Air and Missile Defense ...
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Missile Defense Agency asking contractors for ideas to build Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’
The Pentagon agency charged with responding to emerging missile threats is asking the defense industry for ideas on how to implement President Donald Trump’s call for an “Iron Dome for America.” ...
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THAAD 6.0: US plans hypersonic-killing, AI-driven, laser-armed missile defense system
In a significant move to bolster the United States’ missile defense capabilities, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has ...
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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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Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
Just last December, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the first successful intercept of a ballistic missile target from the island using the Aegis Guam System, which fired a land-based ...