The name is a sly clue indicating his multi-faceted goal of deploying a "state of the art" missile defense covering the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.
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Raytheon claims in a federal lawsuit that the Missile Defense Agency acted in an “arbitrary and irrational” way when it chose Northrop Grumman to advance development of the glide phase interceptor.
Instead, Trump’s order demands the deployment of “space-based interceptors” — a web of satellites, some equipped with lasers. It then calls for the development of another layer of lower-altitude ...
President Donald Trump has ordered the development of an "Iron Dome" defense system to shield the United States from an intercontinental missile attack.