Cold War-era critics of President Reagan’s “Star Wars” idea are back, with Communist China, Russia, and North Korea slamming President Trump’s plan to shield America under a Golden Dome. Foreign foes ...

President Trump has proposed building an antimissile “golden dome” around the United States. But do cinematic spectacles ...

Mr. Trump estimates that the Golden Dome will take three years to complete, cost about $175 billion, and be “very close to 100%” effective. On each of these points, experts express skepticism.

Pursuing Golden Dome makes the U.S. less safe, and for all the victories of systems like Iron Dome, none have reckoned with nuclear threats or interception-defeat tools.

The Golden Dome hinges on the U.S. rapidly scaling its satellite constellations at an unprecedented rate. How many satellites it will require, however, is hotly debated.

That’s not destabilizing—that’s deterrence. The Trump administration’s recent unveiling of the Golden Dome, a sweeping missile defense architecture, has invoked swift condemnation from China.

Modeled partly on Ronald Reagan's failed Strategic Defense Initiative — known then as "Star Wars" — the Golden Dome echoes Cold War-era visions of layered missile defense from orbit.

North Korea on Tuesday slammed President Trump for his plans to create the Golden Dome missile defense system. Officials in Pyongyang dubbed the effort “the height of self-righteousness, arro… ...

President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., May 20 ...

Trump has ordered work to begin on the "Golden Dome," a satellite-based missile shield. Beijing has said it's "gravely concerned" about the project, which draws inspiration from the Strategic ...

On Jan. 27, U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order requiring that the military develop a “missile defense shield” to protect the U.S. homeland — now dubbed “Golden Dome.” While any such ...

The Dome, whether Iron or Gold, would create an all-encompassing missile shield that can detect, track, and destroy virtually any incoming aerial threat, like drones and ballistic missiles, before ...