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

On January 27, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order to advance the US's missile defence capabilities. This comprehensive strategy addresses growing threats from ballistic, hypersonic ...

Despite efforts in the 1980s, particularly the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) under President Ronald Reagan, previous attempts at a comprehensive missile defence program were ultimately halted.

Officially known as the Strategic Defense Initiative — and nicknamed “Star Wars” — the program relied on futuristic, space-based laser technology. The initiative, which “came with a very ...

Unsuccessful efforts go back to President Ronald Reagan’s proposed Strategic Defence Initiative, a space-based system that became known as “Star Wars.” Since 2002, the Pentagon’s Missile ...

But establishing a way to shoot missiles down from space is something the U.S. has not pursued since President Ronald Reagan announced the Strategic Defense Initiative - "Star Wars" as it was ...