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.

Trump's push follows in the footsteps of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, a scrapped program popularly called "Star ...

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

Trump has sought a nuclear deal with Russia and China for years. He could get one this time—but only if he does it the right ...

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

President Donald J. Trump’s January 27, 2025, Executive Order to build an Iron Dome for America is a welcome call for an ...

Decisions for or against nuclear war should allow policy-makers sufficient ... and served as Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration.

The only way to eliminate the threat of nuclear-armed missiles is to negotiate their elimination—not pretend some magic ...

Instead, Trump’s order demands the deployment of “space-based interceptors” — a web of satellites, some equipped with lasers. It then calls for the development of another layer of lower-altitude ...

Reagan called on the scientific community that created nuclear weapons to develop the ... scrapped in the early 1990s at the end of the Cold War, but elements of it live on in today's Missile ...

There are significant challenges to overcome if we are to deploy something similar to Israel’s acclaimed air defense network ...