President Donald Trump signed an executive order to initiate the construction of the "Iron Dome" missile defense system in the United States. This new missile defense system is expected to resemble Ronald Reagan's initiative,

For more than 60 years, the military has launched reconnaissance, communications, and missile warning satellites into orbit. Trump's executive order calls for the Pentagon to come up with a design architecture,

Trump floated the idea of building an American Iron Dome during his 2024 campaign, promising a ‘state-of-the-art missile defense shield made in the USA.’