The United States is accelerating plans for its future Golden Dome missile shield as fears grow that Russia and China could overwhelm America with hypersonic missile strikes targeting major cities, nuclear bases, aircraft carriers, and critical infrastructure during the opening hours of a future conflict. U.S. defense officials increasingly warn that existing homeland defense systems were built for limited ballistic missile threats and may struggle against next-generation hypersonic glide vehicles, AI-guided missile swarms, cruise missiles, drones, and coordinated cyber attacks launched simultaneously. Read full Defense News at this link …
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| A Patriot PAC-3 interceptor missile is launched during a U.S. air defense exercise as Washington expands the future Golden Dome network aimed at stopping Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons. (Picture source: U.S. Department of War/Defense) |