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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Japan Test-Fires New Ballistic Missile for Island Defense in Pacific
The Japanese missile can evade defenses by traveling at more than five times the speed of sound and maneuvering within the atmosphere.
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Trump is Right to Prioritize Homeland Missile Defense
President Trump's executive order for an "Iron Dome" missile defense shield of the U.S. brings attention to the gaps in homeland defense.
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Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
The order signals a significant expansion in U.S. missile defense goals, funding and strategy. Trump directed the Pentagon to plan a multi-layer defense system against enemy ballistic, hypersonic ...
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U.S. Could Bolster Missile Defense with New Sensors Within a Year, NORTHCOM Says
Within a year, the United States could have a single integrated grid of sensors from under the sea to space to bolster its ...
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FACT CHECK: Does The Iron Dome Intercept 90% Of Ballistic Missiles?
NewsNation and the New York Post reported that the Iron Dome intercepted 90% of ballistic missiles fired at Israel. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Secretary of Defense ...
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Unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile test launch scheduled between February 18 and February 19
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – An operational test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile has been scheduled for launch between 11:01 p.m. on Feb. 18 to 5:01 a.m ...
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Nuclear Deterrence and U.S. Missile Defense
Time for Change America's outdated nuclear deterrence policy is hindering the country's missile defense program, constraining ...