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

The US has an opportunity and a responsibility to devise an effective missile shield to defend itself and its allies.

Given the threats and opportunities created by revolutionary advances in technology and a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, the U.S. has no alternative but to embrace what is rapidly ...

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

Like Reagan’s never-fulfilled plan for a system to “intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached ...

US moves to weaponize space are deeply destabilizing the Russian Foreign Ministry has said US President Donald Trumps ...

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

Israel’s missile defense system is effective in close quarters. That model won’t help the U.S.

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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The name is a sly clue indicating his multi-faceted goal of deploying a "state of the art" missile defense covering the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.