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 ...
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Trump’s $19.5B Iron Dome plan: Next-gen interceptors, Aegis, THAAD, space tech, lasers
The IRON DOME Act comes at a time when geopolitical tensions have escalated, particularly with the advancements in missile ...
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U.S. Spending Billions on Interceptors That Can Strike Missiles Outside the Atmosphere
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded defense contractor Lockheed Martin a $2.8 billion contract for the development and ...
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Trump’s missile shield marks shift in homeland defense strategy
Trump's order establishing an Iron Dome for America includes a wider focus to defend the homeland from air and missile ...
What to know about Trump’s US Iron Dome missile defense plan
President Trump on Monday night signed an executive order to create a next-generation missile defense shield, which the White ...
What is Trump's Iron Dome for America? A next-generation missile shield and a return to Reagan's 'Star Wars' program
Trump's push follows in the footsteps of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, a scrapped program popularly called "Star ...
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Huntsville lost out on $832M missile defense award. Now a court could order a do-over
Raytheon claims in a federal lawsuit that the Missile Defense Agency acted in an “arbitrary and irrational” way when it chose ...
Trump executive order calls for a next-generation missile defense shield
For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and missile warning satellites into orbit.
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Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
In the December test, a US Air Force C-17 plane released a medium-range ballistic missile target off Guam’s coast. After the target was tracked by powerful radar, an interceptor was fired from a ...
How the US Navy's first hostile drone kill with an air-to-air missile set the stage for the emergence of the 'Murder Hornet'
The Navy said that the "Murder Hornet" configuration on its F/A-18 fighter jet is comprised of nine air-to-air missiles.
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Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
Two senators introduced a bill that would authorize $19.5 billion for fiscal 2026 to build out Trump's "Iron Dome for America ...