Sanger and William J. Broad Star Wars is back, with an executive order from President Trump that the White House said “directs the building of the Iron Dome missile defense shield for America.” ...

(Photo: AP) US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to build a missile shield for the United States that he has dubbed ‘Iron Dome’. The Iron Dome is one of the air defence systems of ...

The Iron Dome is a mobile air defense system developed for Israel to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired at populated areas. Newly sworn in US President Donald ...

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The “Iron Dome for America” order, which invokes Israel’s successful rocket defense system, directs the Pentagon to accelerate development of defenses against hypersonic weapons and other ...

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg President Trump has ordered the development of a next-generation missile defense system he likened to Israel’s Iron Dome in an executive order he signed on Monday that ...

United States President Donald Trump has announced he would sign an executive order calling for the construction of an “Iron Dome” missile defence programme. On Monday, Trump addressed a ...

Raytheon Co, which produces Iron Dome in coordination with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, says the system’s Tamir missile downs weapons launched from a range of 4 to 70 km ...

On the campaign trail, Trump promised to create an “impenetrable dome” to protect the U.S. from attacks. Newly-approved Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth teased the executive order in a speech on ...

The president was likely referring to an air defense system similar to Iron Dome, which has become a model for many nations. Countries such as Turkey and South Korea have adopted comparable ...

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