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.

President Donald Trump’s Monday night executive order on the creation of an “Iron Dome for America” calls ... the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea targeting transiting commercial vessels ...

The White House compared the proposed system to Israel’s Iron Dome, which intercepts short-range threats like drones, rockets and cruise missiles. Existing US missile defense systems ...

It says Trump will order the construction of an Iron Dome shield, comparing it to Israel’s vaunted system which was developed in coordination with the U.S. and is designed to address threats ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order to build an Iron Dome for America on Monday night. He categorized the need for the “next-generation missile defense shield” as an integral part ...

“Where would the Iron Dome system go? Around every sensitive site in the US? Wouldn’t that alert spies to those locations? And does Iron Dome even target drones? I don’t believe it does ...