DONALD Trump has unveiled plans for a high-tech “Golden Dome” missile defence system, which the president claims should be ...

The following is the May 15, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Hypersonic Missile Defense: Issues for ...

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

Orbiting in space, American satellites detect the bright flames. While the missile is still in its “boost” phase, one of a ...

Russia has been a leader in hypersonic weapons development since 2020, when the ultra-fast and maneuverable missiles became ...

The US has made countering hypersonic missiles, like those developed by China and used by Russia, a top priority.

(THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, on May 20, 2025. The system is intended to protect the United States from ...

“One key reason why the midcourse phase is difficult is because you’re in space, and different objects of different mass ...

Trump said Tuesday he had plans to finish the dome before the end of his term in 2029. The Golden Dome is intended to include ground- and space-based defense systems that can detect and intercept ...

The White House’s $175-billion plan to protect the U.S. from nuclear annihilation will probably cost much more—and deliver ...

President Trump also announced he has appointed Gen. Michael Guetlein, the Space Force’s second in command, to oversee the ...

The Golden Dome would be designed to take on a wide range of missile threats to the United States, including lightning-fast hypersonic missiles that tear through the air faster than the speed of ...