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

The legislation would authorize slightly more than $19 billion for the creation of a new missile defense shield in fiscal 2026.

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.

Rockets fired from Gaza and intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system over Israeli skies are seen from Gaza City, on May 13, 2023. (AP) The Iron Dome is a mobile air defense system ...

President Trump plans to build an "Iron Dome" air defense system in the US to protect against missile threats.

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for an "Iron Dome for America", borrowing the name of Israel's vaunted missile defence system. "We need to immediately begin the ...

Hamas fired a total of 3,700 rockets into southern Israel in the first four hours of the assault, the largest single-day ...

The Iron Dome is land-based and built to keep the citizens of Israel safe from barrages of rockets deployed most often by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials claim the Iron ...

However, analysts said Trump’s proposal for an “Iron Dome” was not aimed ... the system to shoot down rockets fired by its regional enemies, such as Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon ...

US president Donald Trump signed an executive order for America to get an ‘Iron Dome’ air defence system. The short-range Iron Dome air defense system was built by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense ...

Israel has an Iron Dome. They have a missile defense ... highlighted in 2021 after militant groups in Gaza fired at least 4,000 rockets during the 11-day May war. In the first 24 hours of the ...

IRON DOME interceptors destroy rockets launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel in the skies over Ashkelon in May. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS) Ministry of Defense director general Eyal ...