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 action on the subject.

Protecting the U.S. would require novel solutions, like orbiting missile interceptors that can destroy incoming attacks.

President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, something modeled on Israel’s formidable defenses, typified by its signature Iron Dome system.

New details have come to light on the failure of Israel’s Iron Dome defence system during the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. According to an Israeli military inquiry, details of which were reported to Israel's Channel 12 news,

President Trump signed an executive order to build an "Iron Dome for America," modeled on Israel’s missile defense system.

President Donald Trump has ordered the development of an "Iron Dome" defense system to shield the United States from an intercontinental missile attack.

The United States is estimated to have spent more than $400 billion on the kinds of antimissile goals that the president now says will provide “for the common defense.”

President Trump on Monday night signed an executive order to create a next-generation missile defense shield, which the White House referred to as the “Iron Dome for America” after Israel’s