Israel’s missile defense system works in close quarters. That model won’t work for the U.S.
Space-based missile defenses are the Holy Grail of American national defense. President Donald J. Trump wants to build an Iron Dome missile defense system for the entire United States. That’s what the ...
President Donald Trump wants to destroy missiles with "space-based interceptors," but the idea is unlikely to be realistic, ...
On January 24-25, 2025, a ship-mounted system downed a Russian Kh-59 targeting Ukraine’s Pivdennyi port. Analysts say Ukraine ...
This new initiative expands upon decades of U.S. missile defense efforts, building on technologies from the Reagan-era ...
Sailors with USS Stockdale (DDG-106) used the destroyer’s five-inch gun to shoot down a Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle, the ...
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Instead, Trump’s order demands the deployment of “space-based interceptors” — a web of satellites, some equipped with lasers. It then calls for the development of another layer of lower-altitude ...
Now, Castelion – a new manufacturer in the defense industry — is developing affordable, mass-produced hypersonic weapons to ...
These four top U.S. defense companies likely will be involved in constructing and implementing the Iron Dome missile defense ...
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Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.