Joe Biden mocked as ‘reckless’ Ronald Reagan's 'Strategic Defense Initiative,' a program to ... (04/17/24) Images: Bloomberg News/C-Span/Bettmann Archive Composite: Mark Kelly One benefit ...

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

President Trump signed an executive order to develop a next-generation missile defense system, which the White House has referred to as an "Iron Dome for America." The initiative, modeled after Israel ...

In the executive order, Trump lamented that the Reagan administration’s Strategic Defense Initiative to protect against intercontinental ballistic missiles ended up being shuttered.

For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and missile warning satellites into orbit.