Trump's push follows in the footsteps of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, a scrapped program popularly called "Star ...

President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...

Trump asks for a plan to defend the homeland from growing missile threats.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday the Pentagon will pursue an Iron Dome-style missile defense system for the United States, fulfilling a campaign promise by President Trump.

However, it lacks a robust system to counter smaller-scale dangers such as rockets, artillery, mortars, drones, and cruise missiles—threats Israel’s Iron Dome is specifically designed to address.

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 ...

President Trump's executive order on the creation of an "Iron Dome for America," calls for much more than than the air defense system popularized by Israel.

President Donald Trump said Monday that the construction of an Iron Dome-like shield for the U.S. is a top priority for him, calling for "immediate" work to be done on the project before signing ...

Israel’s missile defense system is effective in close quarters. That model won’t help the U.S.

President Trump issued an executive order for the United States to deploy an Iron Dome defense system similar to the one that Israel has successfully implemented and used to protect their homeland ...

President Donald Trump said Monday (January 27, 2025) he would sign an executive order to start building an “Iron Dome” air defense system for the United States, like the one that Israel has ...

(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump has ordered the implementation of what the White House is calling “The Iron Dome For America,” which is designed to protect the United States from foreign attacks ...