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?

Elements of President Donald Trump’s envisioned air and missile defense shield emerged at this weekend’s Reagan National ...

The much-ballyhooed “Golden Dome” missile defense project may be necessary for America’s national security—but the technology to operate it simply has not been created yet.

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

Even though it took over 10 months to produce, the Trump administration's 29-page National Security Strategy document does ...

Shortly after taking office in 2025, President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon to develop a missile defense shield for the United States.

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

China warned the United States that it would "resolutely counter" the proposed Golden Dome missile defense system, saying it undermines its legitimate security interests. The remarks were made on ...

So far, the Golden Dome seems more like a marketing concept designed to enrich arms contractors and burnish Trump’s image rather than a carefully thought-out defense program.

Kathryn Bigelow’s new nuclear thriller, “A House of Dynamite,” has been criticized by some experts for being unrealistic, most notably because it portrays an unlikely scenario in which an adversary ...

Space Force officials declined to name winners of the first space-based missile defense prototypes for Golden Dome, further adding to the secrecy that has plagued the project. Multiple contracts were ...

As part of the country's grandiose "Golden Dome" air defense project, the US Space Force has begun awarding prototype contracts for space-based interceptors, SpaceNews reports. These designs will ...