SpaceWar.com reports: “President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to start planning for an ‘Iron Dome’ air defense system for the United States, like the one that Israel has used to intercept thousands of rockets.

Trump ordered the defense secretary to submit within 60 days an implementation plan for the ‘next-generation missile defense shield’ designed to guard against ballistic, hypersonic and advanced cruise missiles, including by the development of space-based interceptors.

During the 2024 election campaign Trump repeatedly promised to build a version of Israel’s Iron Dome system for the United States…”