There are significant challenges to overcome if we are to deploy something similar to Israel’s acclaimed air defense network ...

typified by its signature Iron Dome system. A defensive dome for the US – a country hundreds of times the size of Israel – would require massive scale, as well as space-based interceptors ...

Any U.S. system would have to go well beyond what Israel’s Iron Dome provides. Raytheon Co, which produces Iron Dome in ...

President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of an advanced, next-generation missile defense shield to protect the United States from aerial attack. On Monday, the president signed an ...

Israel ran with it, creating the 'Iron Dome' missile-defense system—the hero of Iran’s April 13 bombardment. (04/17/24) Images: Bloomberg News/C-Span/Bettmann Archive Composite: Mark Kelly One ...

Like the Iron Dome, the system Trump wants the U.S. to develop would detect, intercept and destroy incoming threats. However, the one the president wants would work against long-range missiles.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday the Pentagon will pursue an Iron Dome-style missile defense ... the atmosphere and can intercept long-range missiles, as well as David ...

which target medium- and long-range threats. The acquisition has faced challenges, particularly with integrating Iron Dome into the broader US missile defense framework. Additionally, its emphasis ...

President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order for a “next-generation” defense shield to protect the US against ballistic missiles and other long-range attacks, taking on a goal that ...