An idea for a space-based boost-phase defence system called Brilliant Pebbles was proposed towards the end of the 1980s.

The Trump administration’s recent announcement of a “Golden Dome” strategic missile defence shield to protect the US is the ...

President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense system is modeled after Israel’s “Iron Dome.” He wants it to be operational by the end of his term in ...

MDA said the planned defense system will respond to ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missile threats across all phases of flight and other advanced adversary attacks. It will also create continuous ...

The drills come as President Donald Trump revealed details of the Golden Dome initiative, which is intended to protect the ...

Our margin of safety has badly eroded in the face of Chinese and Russian weapons advances — but Trump’s $25 billion down ...

An interview with Joe Cirincione, a longtime national security and nuclear policy analyst, about the Trump administration's ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump announced plans for a "Golden Dome" missile defense system, modeled after Israel's Iron Dome, to be operational by the end of his term in 2029. The ambitious ...

Read about the Minuteman III test launch and USAF's program to replace the missile with the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ...

The White House’s $175-billion plan to protect the U.S. from nuclear annihilation will probably cost much more—and deliver ...

Trump's promises face skepticism from experts and would require big military trade-offs, including possible troop reductions in the Army.

The following is the May 22, 2025, Congressional Reserach Service In Focus report, Russia’s Nuclear Weapons. From the report ...