Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...
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Missile Defense Agency Soliciting ‘Iron Dome’ Information
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is beginning its outreach to industry to understand what new technologies would be available ...
Missile Defense Agency asking contractors for ideas to build Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’
The Missile Defense Agency at Redstone Arsenal has issued a request for information for “innovative missile defense ...
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Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
freeing up the Missile Defense Agency, or MDA, to focus entirely on capability research and development. While this has been done for certain programs, such as the Patriot Air and Missile Defense ...
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The national missile defense fantasy—again
the Missile Defense Agency. Three nuclear policy challenges for the second Trump administration Not an iron dome; more like an iron colander. The major technical problems that remain unresolved—and ...
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Japan Test-Fires New Ballistic Missile for Island Defense in Pacific
Japan has test-launched a domestically developed ballistic missile in the United States, Tokyo said, amid the threats posed by China and North Korea. The Japanese Defense Ministry on Friday ...
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Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
Just last December, the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the first successful intercept of a ballistic missile target from the island using the Aegis Guam System, which fired a land-based ...