What happens when the United States tries to build a missile shield so ambitious that Russia and China start dreaming up weapons that no defense can stop?

The four-star general in charge of developing Golden Dome, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, defended the military’s ...

The “Golden Dome Project,” announced by President Trump in May 2025, is advertised to be a multi-layer defense system for the United States, designed to safeguard the homeland from various aerial ...

U.S. President Donald Trump set high expectations for “Golden Dome.” His executive order directing development of this homeland air and missile defense system lists a broad range of threats: ...

China has reportedly deployed a first-of-its-kind working prototype of a global defense system similar to the United States’ proposed Golden Dome, while hailing a breakthrough in data processing ...

Donald Trump, America’s president, is fond of grand schemes. He has a weakness for precious metals. And he wants America’s armed forces to pull back from adventures in far-away countries. With his ...

In fewer than 40 months, President Trump’s presidency will end. The question is, will his signature project — the Golden Dome — die with it? It could survive even if the Republicans lose control of ...

President Trump on May 20, 2025, announced that Gen. Michael Guetlein will lead the Golden Dome missile defense program. Credit: White House livestream With great fanfare, the newly installed American ...

Co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, Peter Thiel speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) President Trump trumpets his proposed ...

Since ordering the Pentagon in January to erect a U.S. missile defense shield partly based in space, President Donald Trump has claimed that it would be completed by the end of his term and cost $175 ...

In January President Donald Trump made a bold pronouncement, calling for colossal investment in a missile defense shield called Iron Dome for America, later renamed the Golden Dome for America. It ...

A Chinese research team claims it has developed a working prototype of a data processing system that could allow the country to detect and respond to airborne threats anywhere in the world—and says it ...