When the president first announced Golden Dome in May 2025, we did get an idea of the down payment -- $25 billion would cover ...

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? Two demonstrations of Russian weapons ...

The administration is courting serious risks to global stability by neglecting any strategy around nuclear proliferation. Although commentators have extensively critiqued President Donald Trump’s new ...

The executive-order laden presidency of Donald Trump 2.0 has drawn both adulation and criticism from both current and former ...

Near the end of the film A House of Dynamite, a fictional American president portrayed by Idris Elba sums up the theory of nuclear deterrence. “Just being ready is the point, right?” Elba says. “It ...

Elements of President Donald Trump‘s envisioned Golden Dome, a complex air and missile defense shield under development to protect the United States, emerged at this weekend’s Reagan National Defense ...

Only one American company has the capacity to meet President Trump’s ambitious timeline for the construction of a space-based missile interceptor system: Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Elon Musk is set to win a ...

More firms have been added to the Golden Dome contract vehicle, doubling the number that will be allowed to complete for up to $151 billion in awards. The Missile Defense Agency made an additional ...