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?

The Trump administration’s January 2025 Golden Dome executive order set the stage for a massive expansion of U.S. missile defenses. Whereas the United States’ existing homeland missile defenses are ...

For nearly 80 years, the specter of nuclear war has haunted humankind, shaping foreign policy, military strategy, and international relations. The principle of “mutually assured destruction” (MAD) has ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defense initiative is facing significant delays, hampered by the 43-day government shutdown and lack of a clear plan to ...

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 ...

The U.S. Space Force quietly issued a series of small contracts to begin building prototype space-based interceptors, taking an early step toward a key component of President Donald Trump’s Golden ...

The Trump administration’s proposed missile shield for the U.S. homeland—the Golden Dome—has sparked considerable debate. Critics in Beijing and Moscow warn it could destabilize the global balance and ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Space Force has awarded about a half dozen small Golden Dome contracts to build competing missile defense prototypes, kicking off a race for future deals worth ...

The US Space Force awarded multiple small contracts to develop prototypes for space-based interceptors, looking for progress with a technology that has yet to be proven but forms a crucial part of ...

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 ...

The U.S. Space Force has awarded the first batch of prototype contracts for the space-based interceptors (SBI) element of the Golden Dome for America missile defense architecture without disclosing ...