In the US Space Force, they're called Guardians, not troops. Staring into their screens at a base in the suburbs of Denver, ...

President Donald Trump’s plans to build a space-based Golden Dome missile defense shield have drawn immediate criticism from ...

The Trump administration’s recent unveiling of the Golden Dome, a sweeping missile defense architecture, has invoked swift ...

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In the 1960s, the USSR tested a weapon system that could literally drop nuclear bombs from orbit. Known as FOBS - Fractional Orbital Bombardment System - it bypassed radar defenses by launching nukes ...

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China in 2021 test flew a hypersonic glide vehicle as part of a Cold War-era concept known as a fractional orbital bombardment system, which launches a warhead partially into orbit, allowing it to ...

A recent report from the Defense Intelligence Agency showed that Golden Dome would also have to contend with new and emerging threats like cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles that can skim the edge ...

President Trump on Tuesday announced his administration has selected the architectural design for a "Golden Dome" missile defense system to protect the United States from foreign threats.

President Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025, announcing plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system.