Continental defenses that can provide perfect—or even near-perfect—protection for the US homeland are not feasible. New ...

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.

President Donald Trump is seeking to bolster the defense of the American homeland with a U.S.-style Iron Dome missile system. However, one expert believes that a system similar to Israel's is "not ...

Although the U.S. has developed “limited” defenses designed to stop a small missile attack from the likes of North Korea, the Jan. 27 order – “The Iron Dome ... in the long run, is ...

The White House is hoping to erect an “iron dome” missile shield to defend the ... warheads by 2030 and is developing hypersonic and long-range cruise missiles to enable conventional strikes ...

But paying companies like SpaceX to create an “American Iron Dome,” Grego argued, would have the opposite of that effect. “Missile defenses are not a useful or long-term strategy for keeping ...