The United States has built a vast defense network of interceptors and radars across the Pacific to safeguard its homeland—including the westernmost territory of Guam—against evolving missile threats ...

While US nuclear strategy relies primarily on the deterrence afforded through the nuclear triad, the GMD serves as an insurance policy against small-scale attacks or accidental launches. The ...

The United States homeland missile defense network received a major boost recently as a radar system designed to detect missile threats completed its operational trial period. The Long Range ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee, says that the U.S. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system’s failure to intercept ...