Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
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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Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
Trump’s order invokes former President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, which detractors labeled “Star Wars.” But much like Reagan’s push for total nuclear defense ...
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GOP senators back Trump’s space-based ‘Iron Dome’ plan with $19.5B bill
Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) introduced the “Iron Dome Act” on Feb. 6, proposing $19.5 billion in ...
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An appreciation: How physicist Evgeny Velikhov helped end the US-Soviet nuclear arms race
Evgeny Velikhov's many accomplishments in reducing the threat from nuclear weapons—during and after the Cold War—are ...
Defense Secretary Hegseth: We Welcome DOGE At DOD, It's Long Overdue
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told FNC's Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures" that the Pentagon will "welcome" DOGE's effort to find wasted and misused funds in the defense budget. MARIA ...
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Saunders: U.S. Iron Dome isn’t feasible now, but it could be
An American Iron Dome simply would cost too much money. If a U.S. adversary were to launch missiles against the United States, Montgomery figured, that adversary might fire 500 to 600 missiles. To ...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Tells His Ex-Colleague Maria Bartiromo He Expects to Find ‘Hundreds of Billions’ in ‘Wasteful Spending’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Maria Bartiromo that he expects to uncover "hundreds of billions" in "wasteful spending" ...
With DEI on the run, it's time to think about Black History Month with Ronald Reagan in mind
History is a bad place, often. To get an idea just how bad, let’s return to Reagan’s biography. Those of more tender ...