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Trump’s $19.5B Iron Dome plan: Next-gen interceptors, Aegis, THAAD, space tech, lasers
The IRON DOME Act comes at a time when geopolitical tensions have escalated, particularly with the advancements in missile ...
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Expert Q&A: Guam ‘No Safer Today’ Despite US Efforts
Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mark Montgomery is a senior director at the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI) at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He directs CSC 2.0, which works to implement ...
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Trump wants an ‘Iron Dome’ over the US. But even a mini version in the Pacific is taking a while
THAAD is designed to stop incoming missiles in their terminal, or descent, phase of flight, while Aegis makes its intercept in the mid-course phase, outside Earth’s atmosphere, before the ...
Trump revives push for space-based interceptors in ‘Iron Dome for America’ edict
Trump’s order does not give any estimate of the costs of such a system, but several hundreds of billions of dollars would probably be a conservative estimate.
Army Times8d
Senators detail desired missile defense elements for Trump’s Iron Dome
as well as an additional $250 million to complete and certify the paused Aegis Ashore system in Hawaii. The number of THAAD systems and interceptors would also increase, should the bill pass.