US seeks ideas for Golden Dome missile interceptors in space

, Reuters -  1:08 PM ET 4/4/2025 Company News

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WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. is asking defense contractors for information on space-based interceptors to knock out incoming missile threats, as the Pentagon explores President Donald's Trump's Golden Dome missile defense shield.

The idea of strapping rocket launchers, or lasers, to satellites so they can shoot down enemy intercontinental ballistic missiles as they lift off is not new - it was part of the Star Wars initiative devised during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. But it represents a huge and expensive technological leap from current capabilities. (Reporting by Mike Stone in Washington)

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