U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in front of an illustration of his proposed Golden Dome missile defense system in the White House in Washington on May 20, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images By Azriel Bermant, Published by Foreign Policy, 9 February 2026 The delusion of invulnerability tempts leaders to take risks.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the Golden Dome initiative in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025. | Alex Brandon/AP By Bruce Gagnon, Published in Organizing Notes, 7 February 2026 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered an overly confident and aggressive speech at Blue Origin’s Rocket Park in Florida
A US anti-ballistic missile launched to destroy a non-functional US satellite over the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 20, 2008. Credit:US Navy By Evelyn Hart, Published by Indian Defence Review, 6 February 2026 Russia targets US missile defense ambitions in Greenland as trillion-dollar Golden Dome plan triggers global alarm. The United
An artist's depiction of a missile warning/missile tracking satellite. (credit L3Harris) By Courtney Albon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 5 February 2026 The Defense Innovation Unit, the Pentagon’s commercial technology hub, plans to demonstrate low-cost, commercially derived missile defense sensors on orbit within the next two years, according to
Source: Missile Defense Agency By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 5 February 2026 Golden Dome deputy program manager Marcia Holmes: ‘We are going to be easier to work with’ WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official pitched the Golden Dome missile defense initiative to investors and executives as both a
Image: Lockheed Martin. By Lisbeth Gronlund and David Wright, Published by Defense One, 3 February 2026 The Pentagon and its Golden Dome contractors are proposing to replace one showstopping problem with another. The rationale behind Golden Dome’s mandate for space-based boost-phase defense made some sense. If orbiting interceptors could hit
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks about the Golden Dome initiative in the Oval Office on May 20, 2025. | Alex Brandon/AP By Audrey Decker, Published by Politico, 2 February 2026 The president vowed to build a missile defense shield for the country in three years. It’s nowhere close to being
Rendering of L3Harris' Tracking Layer Tranche 2 missile-tracking satellites for the Space Development Agency. Credit: L3Harris By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 28 January 2026 Congressional watchdog says SDA is overestimating technology readiness ORLANDO, Fla. — A congressional watchdog is warning that the Pentagon’s ambitious effort to overhaul missile
