“Please note the Department of Defense has renamed this program from “Iron Dome for America” to “Golden Dome for America,” a ...

Historian Don Baucom elaborates on that in his excellent review, “The Rise and Fall of Brilliant Pebbles.” He begins by ...

One of President Donald Trump's first executive orders calls for construction of a new missile defense shield called "Iron ...

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

The Space Force will play an important role in the Department of Defense’s efforts to build a missile defense shield over the ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) directing the US Department of Defense to build an “Iron Dome for America,” which is short hand for a next-generation missile defense shield for ...

Continental defenses that can provide perfect—or even near-perfect—protection for the US homeland are not feasible. New ...

The change, quietly announced in a Feb. 24 amendment to a federal request for information, aims to clarify that the U.S. is not adopting Israel’s Iron Dome system, which is trademarked by Rafael ...

The Space Force has formed a team of experts to gauge which of its current programs can help build out President Trump’s ...

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.