I N THE LATE 1980s Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb, and Lowell Wood, an astrophysicist, proposed a seemingly ...

or “Star Wars” programme. The phrase “Iron Dome” is now a synonym for “missile defence shield”. This new multilayered defence system is envisaged as not just protecting the US but also ...

President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday mandating the construction of a "new generation missile defense shield" ...

Trump's push follows in the footsteps of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, a scrapped program popularly called "Star ...

For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and missile warning satellites into orbit.

President Trump signed a bevy of new executive orders Monday evening that have the potential to significantly transform the ...

Russia yesterday condemned an executive order by US President Donald Trump to build a new missile defence shield, accusing the United States of trying to upset the global nuclear balance and pave the ...

President Donald Trump wants a next-generation missile shield with space-based interceptors. The project will pick up where former President Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars" project left off.