Daily Mail: Trump plans massive space-based missile defense push in biggest program since Ronald Reagan's Star Wars helped bring Soviet Union down
* Trump's Missile Defense Review - the first compiled since 2010 - are expected to be released during visit to the Pentagon
* It will say Pentagon must expand defense technologies in space and use those systems to more quickly detect, track and ultimately defeat incoming missiles
* U.S. is looking at putting a layer of sensors in space to more quickly detect enemy missiles when they are launched
* Administration also plans to study the idea of basing interceptors in space, so the U.S. can strike incoming enemy missiles during the first minutes of flight
* Existing threats from North Korea and Iran as well as new advanced weapon systems being developed by Russia and China prompted changes
The Trump administration will roll out a new strategy for a more aggressive space-based missile defense system to protect against existing threats from North Korea and Iran and counter advanced weapon systems being developed by Russia and China.
Details about the administration's Missile Defense Review - the first compiled since 2010 - are expected to be released during President Donald Trump's visit Thursday to the Pentagon with top members of his administration.
The new review concludes that in order to adequately protect America, the Pentagon must expand defense technologies in space and use those systems to more quickly detect, track and ultimately defeat incoming missiles.
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More News On The U.S. Missile Defense Review To Be Released Later Today
The Latest: Trump calls for expanded missile defense program -- AP
Space-based interceptors and drones with lasers: the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Review wish list revealed -- Defense News
Trump to unveil results of missile defense review Thursday -- UPI
New US strategy foresees sensors in space to track missiles -- AP
US Pentagon urges missile defence sensors in space -- BBC
Trump to roll out long-awaited missile defense review -- AFP
US plans new space sensors for missile defence against 'rogue states' -- The Guardian
Trump to unveil Missile Defense Review at Pentagon: report -- The Hill
Military eyes 'space-based layer of sensors' in new missile defense -- Washington Times
North Korea deemed 'extraordinary threat' in Trump missile defense review -- Reuters
Trump review calls for more missile defenses but no space weapons — yet -- Politico
Trump visits Pentagon as U.S. ramps up space-based missile defense strategy -- CBS
