What happens when the United States tries to build a missile shield so ambitious that Russia and China start dreaming up weapons that no defense can stop?

The United States is preparing for one of its most ambitious defense projects in recent history. The Golden Dome initiative, introduced by President Trump, aims to build a near-perfect missile defense ...

President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, nicknamed Star Wars, promised to create a missile defense system so effective it would eliminate the threat of nuclear war forever, at a cost of ...

One thing that’s evident about President Donald Trump’s proposal for the Golden Dome missile defense shield is that designing, deploying, and sustaining it will cost a lot of money, at least several ...

President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to build a U.S. missile defense system partly based in space, known as "Golden Dome," which he says will be finished by the end of his term for $175 ...

WASHINGTON — A report published last month by defense analyst Todd Harrison estimating the potential costs of the Golden Dome missile defense system landed like a fiscal bombshell. President Trump in ...

The four-star general in charge of developing Golden Dome, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, defended the military’s ...

Co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, Peter Thiel speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) President Trump trumpets his proposed ...

Shortly after beginning his second term, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop a homeland air and missile defense system. The order called for ...

President Donald Trump’s goal of a Golden Dome for America to protect against a broad range of threats to the homeland is likely to cost far more than originally advertised, with no architecture ...

The U.S. Space Force has officially launched the competitive phase of its ambitious “Golden Dome” missile defense initiative, ...