Tag: missile
U.S. ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Shield Is Short on Details—but Not on Cash
What’s the Plan for ‘Golden Dome’? Even Experts Aren’t Sure A sweeping U.S. missile defense program comes with many risks, costs and uncertainties, analysts say By Ramin Skibba edited by Lee Billings U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in front of a conceptual illustration for the “Golden Dome for America” missile defense system in the Oval…
Major Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine kills 1, injures 15
By The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks of the year on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday, while a recent diplomatic push to stop the three-year war is trying to gain momentum. The attack mostly targeted…
North Korea says new hypersonic missile will ‘contain’ rivals
North Korea has claimed it fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile tipped with a hypersonic warhead which “will reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific region”. The launch on Monday – Pyongyang’s first in two months – came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Seoul for talks with some of South Korea’s…