How a US Iron Dome Could Reshape Global Nuclear Relations

The Pentagon is tasked with planning an array of next-generation missile defenses including space-based missile interceptors and non-kinetic defenses.

An illustration of a potential U.S. defense system that President Donald Trump is directing agencies to investigate. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock, Getty Images

The Missile Defense Agency is already searching for cutting-edge missile defense technologies after President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for an “Iron Dome for America.”

The executive order gave the Department of Defense 60 days to evaluate the U.S. missile defense network and overhaul it with hypersonic weapon sensors, space-based missile interceptors, and other so-called non-kinetic missile defense capabilities.