Critics deride President Donald Trump's plan for an impenetrable shield over the United States as "pie-in-the-sky zany." ...

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.

The name change came to light when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, while discussing programs protected from potential budget cuts, referred to the system as “Golden Dome, or Iron Dome” in a ...

Trump’s name for the policy, “Iron Dome for America,” is a misnomer and not a call for the United States to use the system that Israel utilizes for its security. The U.S. and Israel jointly ...

While the Iron Dome makes vital contributions to Israel’s security, a similar U.S.-based air defense system would be much costlier. It has been a big week for American manufacturer General Atomics.

The Golden Dome ... Iron Dome. The Golden Dome “is meant to incorporate satellite constellations for missile warning, space-based sensors, missile interceptors, and advanced communication ...

President Donald Trump is seeking to bolster the defense of the American homeland with a U.S.-style Iron Dome missile system. However, one expert believes that a system similar to Israel's is "not ...

The government has been urged to deepen defence ties with Israel to help protect the UK against threats posed by Iran and Russia.

open image in gallery Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system defends a much smaller space. Tens of thousands of systems would be necessary to defend the continental U.S. (AFP via Getty Images ...

Constructing an American version of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system will require much better missile-detection technology, the head of U.S. Northern Command said Thursday.

though it might not be capable of efficiently stopping intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), a satellite missile-interceptor system like the proposed American Iron Dome cloud would be ...