On Tuesday night, the president and billionaire Elon ... told The New York Times last month. “The Iron Dome reference conjures up the success of the Israeli missile defense, but that’s ...

The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Thursday before it reached Israeli airspace, as ...

The Space Force is evaluating what systems it already has in development to support President Trump's order and what capabilities it would need to build.

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 ...

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.

In one of his first executive orders after taking office, President Donald Trump laid out his vision for an “Iron Dome for America” — a massive shield in space that would protect the United ...