Star Wars, Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan

Donald Trump revives ideas of a Star Wars-like missile shield
I N THE LATE 1980s Edward Teller, the father of the hydrogen bomb, and Lowell Wood, an astrophysicist, proposed a seemingly bizarre scheme to defend America against missile attack. The “Brilliant Pebbles” system envisaged thousands of small satellites in low-Earth orbit,
Russia Beside Itself After Trump Resurrects Reagan's Star Wars, Only This Time with Teeth
The thought of an American Iron Dome to protect it from missile attacks has led Russia to launch a fusillade of fulminations that equates protecting the USA with harming Russia. An executive order issued by President Donald Trump hearkens to former President Ronald Reagan’s so-called “Star Wars” plan to protect America from incoming missiles.
What is Trump's Iron Dome for America? A next-generation missile shield and a return to Reagan's 'Star Wars' program
Trump's push follows in the footsteps of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, a scrapped program popularly called "Star Wars."
Donald Trump’s ‘iron dome’ must succeed where Reagan’s ‘star wars’ failed
Like Reagan’s never-fulfilled plan for a system to “intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our soil or that of our allies,” Trump’s vision for “ The Iron Dome for America ” is both sweeping and challenging.
Opinion
Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ Must Succeed Where Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ Failed
The US has an opportunity and a responsibility to devise an effective missile shield to defend itself and its allies.
Missile Defense Agency asking contractors for ideas to build Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’
The Pentagon agency charged with responding to emerging missile threats is asking the defense industry for ideas on how to implement President Donald Trump’s call for an “Iron Dome for America.” Trump’s January executive order gave the Pentagon two months to submit guidelines for,
Canada throws support behind Trump's "Iron Dome" plan
Canada is prepared to join US President Donald Trump's proposed development of an "Iron Dome" missile defense shield, Defense Minister Bill Blair said Thursday.
Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ a major undertaking’: Newton
A proposed $2.5 trillion "Iron Dome for America" is expected to be much more complex than its Israel-based counterpart
Trump's "Iron Dome" doesn't please Moscow at all: "It's Star Wars"
Last Friday, the American president's bold project was strongly criticized by Moscow. Building an anti-missile shield comparable to Israel's "Iron Dome", a defense system that protects the territory from missile,
Trump Orders ‘Iron Dome’ for U.S., but Freezes Funds for Nuclear Protection
The United States is estimated to have spent more than $400 billion on the kinds of antimissile goals that the president now ...
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his first week back in office
President Donald Trump, who returned to office Jan. 20, has wasted no time setting a new agenda, relying on false and ...