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Trump’s $19.5B Iron Dome plan: Next-gen interceptors, Aegis, THAAD, space tech, lasers
The Iron Dome boosts U.S. missile defense with $19.5 billion for interceptors, Aegis Ashore installations, space sensors, and ...
Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
Space-based interceptors and "particle beams" are part of a new multi-billion-dollar Trump order to build a new U.S. missile ...
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Iron Dome For America Funding Could Start This Year, Analyst Says
Iron Dome For America Funding Could Start This Year, Analyst Says is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an ...
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What is the "Iron Dome for America"?
President Donald Trump’s executive order (EO) on an “Iron Dome for America” has caused a buzz across the defense community. But what does an “Iron Dome for America” actually mean? Please join the CSIS ...
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Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...
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Analysts: American Iron Dome reduces nuclear coercion but drives arms race
U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to build an American version of the Iron Dome to shield the U.S. from aerial attacks will deter China and Russia from coercing the U.S. using nuclear weapons ...
James Stavridis: Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ must succeed where Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ failed
Given the threats and opportunities created by revolutionary advances in technology and a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, the U.S. has no alternative but to embrace what is rapidly ...
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Israel's Iron Dome Is Nearly Unstoppable—America Wants One, Too
On April 7, 2011, a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at the Israeli city of Ashkelon met an early end thanks to Israel’s “Iron Dome,” a radar-guided, mobile network of short-range ...
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Why Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ must outdo Israel’s missile shield to thwart China, Russia
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 ...
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VOA Mandarin: Trump wants 'Iron Dome' for US; can it work?
U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to establish a nationwide "Iron Dome" missile defense system has sparked debate over its feasibility, funding, and strategic implications. Unlike ...
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Donald Trump’s ‘iron dome’ must succeed where Reagan’s ‘star wars’ failed
President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that the US would pursue an Iron Dome-like national missile defence system has taken a page from Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” initiative of ...
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A US Iron Dome won’t work and will weaken nuclear deterrence
In an attempt to accomplish this goal, President Trump issued an executive order calling for the creation of an “Iron Dome for America,” a reference to Israel’s much-vaunted missile defense ...