Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...
Executive Gov4d
Senators Eye Expansion, Modernization of US Missile Defense Systems
Read about the new Senate bill seeking to upgrade U.S. defense infrastructure to address growing threats from China and ...
Army Times5d
Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., the senators lay out a plan for missile defense for the continental U.S. that would include Aegis Ashore systems (only two such systems exist and ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists8d
The national missile defense fantasy—again
Where arms control succeeded, missile defense technology failed. None of the scores of systems developed by Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and its successor organizations have ever come ...
Novinite14d
Iron Dome-Like System: US Launches New Strategy for Multi-Layered Missile Defense
A key component of the new defense system is its ability to maintain the U.S.'s second-strike capability, ensuring a strong retaliation option in case of a missile attack. The goal is to bolster ...
CNN11d
Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the first successful intercept of a ballistic missile target from the island using the Aegis Guam System, which fired a land-based interceptor of the ...
Yahoo Finance9d
Lockheed Clinches a $383M Contract for Trident II D5 Missile Program
Since missiles constitute a large share of a nation’s defense arsenals, countries are investing heftily in advanced missile systems for deterrence and defense. This is likely to have led the ...
The Hill11d
A US Iron Dome won’t work and will weaken nuclear deterrence
Secretary of Defense Hegseth hinted his desire to begin plans for this missile defense system. Some members of Congress, such as Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) are also on board with this plan.
The National Interest4d
India to Receive Another Russian S-400 Air Defense System
The air defense system can also be used against ground targets. It launches 40N6 missiles and can hit targets up to 400 kilometers away, even under intensive enemy fire and jamming. It first ...