INGLEWOOD, Calif. — When opposing players are asked about the Intuit Dome, often they take deep breaths and offer a laundry list of what they admire about the NBA’s sparkling new venue.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday the Pentagon will pursue an Iron Dome-style missile defense system for the United States, fulfilling a campaign promise by President Trump.

A defensive dome for the US – a country hundreds of times the size of Israel – would require massive scale, as well as space-based interceptors, and almost certainly be decades away.

The Iron Dome is a mobile air defense system developed for Israel to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and artillery shells fired at populated areas. Newly sworn in US President Donald ...

President Donald Trump said Monday that the construction of an Iron Dome-like shield for the U.S. is a top priority for him, calling for "immediate" work to be done on the project before signing ...

However, it lacks a robust system to counter smaller-scale dangers such as rockets, artillery, mortars, drones, and cruise missiles—threats Israel’s Iron Dome is specifically designed to address.

President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of an advanced, next-generation missile defense shield to protect the United States from aerial attack. On Monday, the president signed an ...

The “Iron Dome for America” order, which invokes Israel’s successful rocket defense system, directs the Pentagon to accelerate development of defenses against hypersonic weapons and other ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order to build an Iron Dome for America on Monday night. He categorized the need for the “next-generation missile defense shield” as an integral part ...

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg President Trump has ordered the development of a next-generation missile defense system he likened to Israel’s Iron Dome in an executive order he signed on Monday that ...