U.S. President Donald Trump has picked a design for his Golden Dome missile defense system and named a leader of the ambitious $175 billion defense program. Here are some key details about the project: HOW WILL IT WORK?

President Trump has proposed building an antimissile “golden dome” around the United States. But do cinematic spectacles actually enhance national security?

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's flagship Golden Dome missile defense system will include four layers -- one satellite-based and three on land -- with 11 short-range batteries located across the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii, according to a U.S. government slide presentation on the project first reported by Reuters.

Pentagon officials are scrambling to conduct the first major test of President Trump’s space-based Golden Dome missile defense to safeguard the US before the 2028 election, according to a

Golden Dome is the most publicly discussed U.S. defense project in years — except by the people commissioning it. The big picture: The Trump administration is mum about its $175 billion hemispheric missile shield,