Defense & Military

STRATCOM looking into strategic impacts of Golden Dome, commander says

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U.S. Strategic Command is looking into potential impacts of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense to the nation’s nuclear deterrence, the commander said in a fiscal 2026 Strategic Forces Posture hearing April 9. 
“We’re looking at some of…

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