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The idea of an “Iron Dome” is designed to echo the highly effective Israeli-US missile defence system that has defended the Israeli population for years.
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James Stavridis
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President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that the US would pursue an Iron Dome-like national missile defence system
Like Mr Reagan’s never-fulfilled plan for a system to “intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil or that of our allies”, Mr Trump’s vision for “The Iron Dome for America” is both sweeping and challenging.
