It’s about time.
On Monday evening, President Donald Trump took a huge step toward defending America from foreign attacks by signing an executive order initiating the construction of an Iron Dome missile defense system similar to the one used in Israel.
President Reagan initially tried constructing the dome, but the project was ultimately canceled.
“Over the past 40 years, rather than lessening, the threat from next-generation strategic weapons has become more intense and complex with the development by peer and near-peer adversaries of next-generation delivery systems and their own homeland integrated air and missile defense capabilities,” Trump said.
The order states that the U.S. will “provide for the common defense of its citizens and the Nation by deploying and maintaining a next-generation missile defense shield” and that within the next 60 days, the Department of Defense will submit a plan for implementing the system to the president.
The plan “at a minimum” must include plans for:
Defense of the United States against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other next-generation aerial attacks from peer, near-peer, and rogue adversaries.
Acceleration of the deployment of the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor layer.
Development and deployment of proliferated space-based interceptors capable of boost-phase intercept.
Deployment of underlayer and terminal-phase intercept capabilities postured to defeat a countervalue attack.
Development and deployment of a custody layer of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Development and deployment of capabilities to defeat missile attacks prior to launch and in the boost phase.
Development and deployment of a secure supply chain for all components with next-generation security and resilience features.
Development and deployment of non-kinetic capabilities to augment the kinetic defeat of ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other next-generation aerial attacks
It also calls for increasing “bilateral and multilateral cooperation on missile defense technology development, capabilities, and operations” and improving “theater missile defenses of forward-deployed United States troops and allied territories, troops, and populations.”
Trump announced the order Monday night.
BREAKING: President Trump announces a slate of NEW Executive Orders
— Direct Defense Secretary to immediately begin the construction of an 'Iron Dome' system
— Get transgender ideology OUT of our military
— Stop service members from being indoctrinated with CRT
— Offer… pic.twitter.com/PVPe15M0DG— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 27, 2025
More over at Fox News:
Trump says that Iron Dome construction will be 'immediate,' signs executive order https://t.co/2lpyeahkMn
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 28, 2025
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