"It's a generational investment in the security of America and Americans," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated this month that just the space-based components of the Golden Dome could cost as ...

Trump said he expects the system will be "fully operational before the end of my term," which ends in 2029, and have the ...

The Conversation U.S. asked Iain Boyd, an aerospace engineer and director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at ...

An idea for a space-based boost-phase defence system called Brilliant Pebbles was proposed towards the end of the 1980s.

President Trump's missile defense project, called the "Golden Dome for America," could cost hundreds of billions of dollars.

Missile defense experts argue that strategic ... homeland is vulnerable to strategic attack. Many of the Golden Dome’s projected capabilities remain on the drawing board, though, and its cost ...