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

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.

An executive order signed by the president this week essentially revives Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative ... an enemy from striking in the first place. In that sense, the shield and ...

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

In an era marked by evolving geopolitical challenges and the imperative for robust defense capabilities along NATO’s Eastern Flank, the strategic partnership ...

Officially known as the Strategic Defense Initiative — and nicknamed “Star ... Other missile defense programs have been put in place since the Reagan era, though these are smaller-scale ...