Americans overwhelmingly support President Donald Trump’s vision for a “Golden Dome” missile defense system, an exclusive poll from Building America’s Future reveals.
The authoritarian governments of China and Russia did not respond favorably to President Donald Trump’s announcement of the “Golden Dome” missile shield program on Tuesday.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney applauded President Donald Trump’s announcement of the “Golden Dome” missile shield.
President Donald Trump, flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, revealed Tuesday the administration has selected an architecture for the “Golden Dome” national defense shield he promised on the campaign trail.
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announce a new U.S. missile defense system on Tuesday, May 20.
UK says it will hand over a rapidly and secretly developed launcher which repurposes stocks of surplus air-to-air missiles to a ground role.
China threatened on Saturday to take “resolute countermeasures” against a $2 billion sale of arms by the United States to Taiwan.
Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh on Wednesday dismissed the advanced missile defense system the United States is deploying in Israel as “psychological warfare” that would do little to enhance Israel’s defense against Iranian missiles.
South Korea on Tuesday held its first major military parade in a decade to celebrate its 75th Armed Forces Day and flex its defensive muscle against North Korea.
Iran claimed Tuesday that it has developed a hypersonic missile that can evade all defense systems, American and Israeli, and that has a 1,400-km range capable of reaching targets throughout Israel and the Middle East.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday said Israel would not provide weapons to Ukraine, but would help the wartorn country build a civilian warning system against aerial threats.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s new laser missile defense system has successfully intercepted mortars, rockets and anti-tank missiles in recent tests, Israeli leaders said Thursday.
A study of satellite images produced by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in California this week revealed China is constructing over 100 new silos for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) in the northwestern desert of Gansu province.
China’s National Day military parade, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), included the expected public debut of the advanced Dongfeng-41 (DF-41) intercontinental ballistic missile.
TEL AVIV – Russia supplied Syria with three S-300 anti-aircraft battalion sets with eight launchers and more than 100 surface-to-air guided missiles each free of charge, Russia’s state news agency TASS reported.
The Japanese Defense Ministry released a budget proposal on Friday that would increase spending by 2.1 percent to $48 billion, the seventh annual increase in a row and the biggest military budget in modern Japanese history. The largest increase in the budget covers missile defense, including the purchase of $2.1 billion in American-made missile interceptors.
Chinese officials claim to have conducted a successful flight test for their first hypersonic bomber, the nuclear-capable Xingkong-2. Hypersonic planes and missiles move so fast they are difficult to detect and nearly impossible to intercept with current technology.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Thursday to have successfully tested the Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile, the weapon described as “invincible” by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Japanese media reported on Tuesday that the Defense Ministry is purchasing Lockheed Martin’s advanced Solid State Radar upgrade for Japan’s Aegis Ashore missile defense system. The SSR has an effective range of 1,000 kilometers, making it even more sensitive than the fabled Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system installed in South Korea.
Back in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed to have developed an “invincible” nuclear cruise missile with “unlimited range.” It turns out that Putin’s vaunted super-missile has yet to fly more than 22 miles without crashing.
The Israel Defense Forces and US military ended their joint Juniper Cobra missile defense exercise this week, with live-fire tests of two anti-aircraft systems over the skies of central Israel.
Although he provided few details, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his parliament on Monday that Japan’s forces acted to defend American military aircraft for the first time during a recent mission. His remarks strongly implied the mission had something to do with North Korea.
Both the U.S. military and South Korean officials stated on Tuesday that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system is now operational in South Korea.
On Sunday, national security adviser General H.R. McMaster seemingly contradicted President Trump by saying the United States would pay for the deployment of the THAAD anti-missile system to South Korea. However, he qualified that statement by expressly stating he was not contradicting the president, and the deal with South Korea may yet be revised.
