The Golden Dome will have defensive systems that monitor everything from the seabed to space, using a constellation of ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill is now law but the political fallout remains to be seen, columnist Ron Faucheux writes.

President Trump has publicly declared he won't strip Elon Musk's companies of federal subsidies, aiming to support their ...

In 2025, the U.S. unveiled the "Golden Dome" space-based missile shield, sparking legal, diplomatic, and geopolitical concerns worldwide.

Trump has officially iced out Elon Musk’s SpaceX from the heart of his $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense project and ...

The new US missile defense system will explore alternatives to Elon Musk's SpaceX, with Amazon.com's Project Kuiper among the ...

WASHINGTON >> The Pentagon has successfully tested a long-range radar in Alaska that can detect missile threats from Russia or China, and could someday serve as a sensor in the Golden Dome missile ...

Opinion Opinion - A US Golden Dome would be a geopolitical game changer Mark R. Whittington, opinion contributor Sun, June 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM PDT 4 min read ...

Trump first proposed the Golden Dome, inspired by former President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, before last year’s election, and last month announced that U.S. Space Force Gen ...

Golden Dome proponents might avoid some of the disputes of the SDI era. Golden Dome recalls Reagan’s concept for SDI to defend the U.S. against long-range ballistic missiles.

What lessons from the politics of SDI might be helpful for Golden Dome? Don’t exaggerate. Reagan’s vision was seen by many as other-worldly, sapping SDI’s credibility.

For the Golden Dome, incorporation of weather intelligence can be done seamlessly by integrating it within the command and control (C2) component of the system.