Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ plan would put weapons in space, at a big cost
The first Trump administration floated a space weapon concept in March 2018: a neutral particle beam in space. But it ultimately shelved the idea because of the massive amount of power needed to destroy a missile with directed energy.
Iron Dome for America’ will need to be more ambitious than Israeli namesake to defend US against Chinese and Russian weapons, analysts say.
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Russia slammed Donald Trump ’s plan for an ‘Iron Dome’ missile defence shield in a nuclear weapons space war row. Moscow said the move was designed to weaken Russian and Chinese nuclear deterrence.
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