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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Pierre Vandier, NATO’s top commander for transformation, similarly called the Iron Dome for Europe “unfeasible” if the goal is to intercept long-range threats. The Rafael executive said the ...

Last month, President Donald Trump directed the construction of an ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense shield to protect the U.S. from potential airborne attacks. Named for Israel’s short-range ...

The “Iron Dome for America” proposal creates an enormous chance to think differently while the United States adapts its culture and processes to the strategic landscape it faces today.

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 ...