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Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
Two senators introduced a bill that would authorize $19.5 billion for fiscal 2026 to build out Trump's "Iron Dome for America ...
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 ...
What is Trump's Iron Dome for America? A next-generation missile shield and a return to Reagan's 'Star Wars' program
Trump's push follows in the footsteps of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, a scrapped program popularly called "Star ...
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Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
A Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted ... that will replace all of the ground-based interceptors in the system. A total of $12 billion would be authorized to expand the ...
Aviation Week12d
Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ Order Echoes Cold War-Era Missile Defense Plan
Some, including the Ground-Based Interceptor and Northrop Grumman’s Space Tracking and Surveillance System, eventually entered service. The Brilliant Pebbles ballistic missile defense system ...
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Israel's Iron Dome Is Nearly Unstoppable—America Wants One, Too
Ground-based systems like SkyHunter or laser-based ... They offer a safer alternative to missile interceptors by eliminating the risk of debris or misfires. Ultimately, the feasibility of this ...
The Economist13d
Donald Trump revives ideas of a Star Wars-like missile shield
I N THE LATE 1980s Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb, and Lowell Wood, an astrophysicist, proposed a seemingly ...