The Army's overseas deployment last year of four Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense vehicles prevented the start of planned testing by the service's Rapid Capabilities and Critical ...

Authorities in Moscow on Friday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to build an "iron dome" missile defense system ...

Creating an Iron Dome for America would not just be a poor decision — it would be a monumental failure in defense policy.

The first Trump administration floated a space weapon concept in March 2018: a neutral particle beam in space. But it ...

There are significant challenges to overcome if we are to deploy something similar to Israel’s acclaimed air defense network ...

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President Donald Trump wants to destroy missiles with "space-based interceptors," but the idea is unlikely to be realistic, ...

The President gave us a clear mission: achieve Peace through Strength. We will do this in three ways — by restoring the ...

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

WASHINGTON, January 30. /TASS/. The newest Iron Dome missile defense system developed by the US envisages the deployment of interceptors in space equipped with lasers to destroy nuclear weapons, the ...

Space-based missile defenses are the Holy Grail of American national defense. President Donald J. Trump wants to build an Iron Dome missile defense system for the entire United States. That’s what 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 ...