President Donald Trump has been inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome defense against short-range rockets to build something grander ...

President Donald Trump wants to make Ronald Reagan’s long-ridiculed Star Wars missile defense program from the 1980s a reality. And he insists that new tech can finally make it happen.

Star Wars fever has slowed down a bit from its heyday, but it's still a hugely popular franchise with tons of fans. Movies ...

Building a next-generation missile shield has been tried before. “Star Wars” failed because of monumental challenges, both financial and physical. It won’t be easy this time, either.

Russia today criticised president Donald Trump’s plan to build a “Star Wars”-like missile shield for the US, saying it risked turning space into an arena of “confrontation”. In an ...

In terms of developing a working missile shield, Star Wars was a flop, although it did lead to technologies that helped produce today’s effective battlefield systems and spook the Russians ...