Continental defenses that can provide perfect—or even near-perfect—protection for the US homeland are not feasible. New ...

One of President Donald Trump's first executive orders calls for construction of a new missile defense shield called "Iron Dome America." It has planners at Offutt-based U.S. Strategic Command busy.

On January 27, the US president signed an executive order announcing the creation of an anti-missile shield with the ...

A top Russian official warned an advanced U.S. missile defense shield move could lead to military "confrontation" in space.

The change, quietly announced in a Feb. 24 amendment to a federal request for information, aims to clarify that the U.S. is not adopting Israel’s Iron Dome system, which is trademarked by Rafael ...

President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, something modeled on Israel’s formidable defenses, typified by its signature ...

An American replication of Israel's defense system doesn’t make sense. But, experts say, it will likely set up SpaceX for big ...

An American ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense shield could cost the U.S. trillions of dollars and ignore what made Israel’s system ...

President Donald Trump is seeking to bolster the defense of the American homeland with a U.S.-style Iron Dome missile system.

Israel’s missile defense system is effective in close quarters. That model won’t help the U.S.

Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...