Trump Calls for ‘Iron Dome’ for US Homeland Missile Defense
Raytheon Co, which produces Iron Dome in coordination with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, says the system’s Tamir missile downs weapons launched from a range of 4 to 70 km.
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President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order for a “next-generation” defense shield to protect the US against ballistic missiles and other long-range attacks, taking on a goal that past administrations — including his own — struggled to reach.
“The threat of attack by ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles remains a catastrophic threat facing the United States,” according to a White House document on the upcoming executive order.