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

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 ...

Space-based missile defenses are the Holy Grail of American national defense. P resident Donald J. Trump wants to build an ...

When it comes to protecting U.S. territory from missiles fired by such nuclear-powered countries as Russia, China, and North ...

For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and missile warning satellites into orbit.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday the Pentagon will pursue an Iron Dome-style missile defense system for the United ...

Such defense systems are extremely costly” with “their effectiveness often being questionable,” one expert said.

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

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 ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the development of an "Iron Dome" defense system to shield the United States from an intercontinental missile attack.