The Australian government’s dispute with the United States over the level of defence spending has distracted our media and ...

MOSCOW, July 2. /TASS/. Dialogue and negotiations hold the central stage in efforts toward resolving the Ukraine crisis, Kirill Dmitriev, Special Representative of the Russian President for Investment ...

Russian forces have taken control of Shevchenko, a village in Ukraine's Donetsk region that sits atop one of the largest ...

In May 2025, President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome. How exactly does it work?

Missile defense systems are nothing new. History shows that even if they work as advertised – a big if – they’re a bad idea if your aim is to make your country safer from nuclear attack.

Golden Dome is meant to protect the U.S. from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, and missiles launched from space. Trump has called for the missile defense to be fully operational before ...

For example, in the 1960s and 1970s, the Soviets installed 100 interceptors to defend Moscow – so the United States targeted still more warheads on Moscow to overwhelm the defense.

Ukraine's display of drone warfare came just days after President Donald Trump championed his "Golden Dome"—a $175 billion proposed space-based missile defense system his administration says ...

Credit: DoD WASHINGTON — From what is known so far about the Trump administration’s missile defense initiative known as Golden Dome, its backbone will be space-based sensors.

Canada reaffirmed its close military ties with the US and spoke in support of President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense system, which Ottawa is thinking about joining.

China has also expressed strong concerns about Washington’s Golden Dome plan, accusing the US of undermining global stability. Beijing is closing the gap with Washington when it comes to ballistic and ...