Protecting the U.S. would require novel solutions, like orbiting missile interceptors that can destroy incoming attacks.

US president orders work on defence shield going beyond Ronald Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ programme that could trigger nuclear arms ...

A week into office, United States President Donald Trump surprised the world and many of his policymakers by announcing his ...

SpaceX, the leader in launching US spy and military satellites, has already launched missile-detection satellites for the ...

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 ...

Further, many of these weapons ... intercepts missiles flying outside Earth’s atmosphere, such as long-range missiles launched by Houthi militants in Yemen or those Iran used to attack Israel ...

The proposed system would have to go well beyond the Iron Dome's profile for it to cover all of the US, as the Israeli system's Tamir missile can only intercept and destroy weapons launched at ...

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