“Please note the Department of Defense has renamed this program from “Iron Dome for America” to “Golden Dome for America,” a ...

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza on Oct. 11, 2023. (Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images) In a bit of verbal alchemy, the Pentagon is turning iron into gold.

BUILD A GREAT IRON DOME MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD OVER OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY.” Since taking office, Trump has moved to make good on that pledge. On January 27, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised swift ...

He broke down the different elements one needs to be aware of while operating the Iron Dome. "It's understanding what we call sky picture," Sacher stressed. "You got to know when you're shooting ...

Creating an Iron Dome defensive umbrella for the United States or Europe, modeled after Israel’s eponymous system, would be unsuitable against the threat of long-range missiles, according to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to build an American version of the Iron Dome to shield the U.S. from aerial attacks will deter China and Russia from coercing the U.S. using nuclear weapons ...

On April 7, 2011, a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at the Israeli city of Ashkelon met an early end thanks to Israel’s “Iron Dome,” a radar-guided, mobile network of short-range ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to establish a nationwide "Iron Dome" missile defense system has sparked debate over its feasibility, funding, and strategic implications. Unlike ...

Then there is the cost: an Iron Dome actually modeled on Israel’s short-range missile defense system, scaled up to cover the 3.7 million square miles of the continental U.S. (the contiguous 48 ...

Gen. Saltzman added that Space Force had already established an integrated planning team to investigate options related to the Iron Dome executive order. “I think we have a central role to play.

In one of his first executive orders after taking office, President Donald Trump laid out his vision for an “Iron Dome for America” — a massive shield in space that would protect the United ...