Critics deride President Donald Trump's plan for an impenetrable shield over the United States as "pie-in-the-sky zany." ...

the Jan. 27 order – “The Iron Dome for America” – directs the Pentagon to plan a “next generation missile defense shield” to guard against any threat from any foe. Trump’s order ...

Since returning to the White House, the Trump administration has voiced its desire for an Iron Dome for America that would, ...

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The U.S. already has a variety of lower-scale air defense systems — the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system serves as the primary missile defense system against intercontinental ballistic ...

"As a first step, I'm asking Congress to fund a state-of-the-art, 'Golden Dome' missile defense shield to protect our homeland – all made in the USA." The president claimed that Ronald Reagan ...

WASHINGTON — A missile-defense initiative launched by President ... Golden Dome would be a comprehensive shield to protect the U.S. from an array of threats, including ballistic, hypersonic ...

In a future fight, there are five capabilities the US needs to have, Rep. Adam Smith said, pointing to things like 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. A U.S. scientist ...

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