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Trump orders planning for 'Iron Dome' missile shield for US

President Donald Trump dances as House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) applauds following Trump's speech before the 2025 Republican Issues Conference at the Trump National Doral Miami on January 27, 2025 in Doral, Florida. [AFP]

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to start planning for an "Iron Dome" air defence system for the United States, like the one that Israel has used to intercept thousands of rockets.

Trump ordered the Defence Secretary to submit within 60 days an implementation plan for the "next-generation missile defence shield" designed to guard against ballistic, hypersonic and advanced cruise missiles, including by the development of space-based interceptors.

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