"So let me tell you at the outset, the president is using the term ‘Iron Dome’ as a metaphor," rocket scientist Ari Sacher said during an interview on FOX Business' "Mornings with Maria" Monday.

President Trump has proposed a 'golden dome' missile defense shield, inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, to protect the US from advanced aerial threats. H ...

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 ...

Gen. Saltzman added that Space Force had already established an integrated planning team to investigate options related to the Iron Dome executive order. “I think we have a central role to play.

The Space Force has formed a team of experts to gauge which of its current programs can help build out President Trump’s “Iron Dome for America” initiative—and what still needs to be ...

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.

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman told reporters the service has created an integrated planning team to consider options for developing a homeland missile defense shield. (Eric ...

TASS/. The United States’ project of the next-generation missile defense shield dubbed the Iron Dome for America will include space-based interceptors, according to US President Donald Trump’s ...

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024. (REUTERS) The world is witnessing a major ...

The White House is hoping to erect an “iron dome” missile shield to defend the homeland, echoing Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars initiative from the 1980s. The danger is real. North Korea is ...

(Eric Dietrich/Air Force) The Space Force will play a “central role” in the Pentagon’s efforts to develop a homeland missile defense shield, or Iron Dome for America, according to the ...