President Trump's missile defense project, called the "Golden Dome for America," aims to protect the U.S. from foreign threats. But it has a steep price and has been criticized by China as threatening to increase the risks of militarizing space and a global arms race.

An integrated and layered missile defense is no longer optional if Europe wants to defend itself. Last week, President Trump announced the launch of the “Golden Dome for America” project with the declared aim of ending the missile threat to the American homeland.

Critics contend that Trump’s bling edition of Israel’s Iron Dome would only exacerbate a global arms race, that it would launch outer space wars, and

US President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defense concept revives a controversial, decades-old initiative whose ambitious construction could upend norms in outer space and reshape relations between the world's top space powers.

The Golden Dome would involve space-based interceptors, which Congress estimated would cost between $162 billion to $542 billion over 20 years.

President Donald Trump’s ambitious missile defense initiative, dubbed “Golden Dome,” is beginning to take shape, and according to J.P. Morgan, the $175 billion project could generate significant near-term opportunities for U.S. defense contractors. Still, the proposed timeline and funding strategy may face hurdles.

Former US President Donald Trump introduced the 'Golden Dome,' a space-based missile defense system to shield the US from global threats. This ambitio

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North Korea is now warning of a nuclear war in space. Why? Because of a U.S. defense plan called the "Golden Dome," championed by President Donald Trump. It's being framed as America's answer to missile threats,