U.S. air bases in the Indo-Pacific region are too vulnerable to attacks by China, leading to a sharp military imbalance in China's favor.

Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...

President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that the U.S. would pursue an Iron Dome-like national missile defense system has taken a page from Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” initiative of decades ago.

The Iron Dome boosts U.S. missile defense with $19.5 billion for interceptors, Aegis Ashore installations, space sensors, and ...

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 ...

Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Latiff explains why the executive order to create a space-based defense shield would ...

The only way to eliminate the threat of nuclear-armed missiles is to negotiate their elimination—not pretend some magic ...

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

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 ...

On January 27, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at strengthening the United States' missile defense capabilities in response to increasing threats from advanced ...

On Monday, the president signed an executive order that tasks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with drawing up plans to build an "Iron Dome for America" that will protect Americans from the threat ...

Investing.com -- President Trump signed the Iron Dome for America Executive Order (IDFA), marking an expansion of U.S. missile defense systems with significant implications for defense contractors.