⚡️During President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s last Rally today before tomorrow’s Inauguration, he stated that he would direct the Military to begin construction of an “Iron Dome” Missile Defense Shield for the United States; likely in reference to Israel’s Aerial Defense Array, which consists of a Multi-Layer Grid of several Short, Medium, and Long-Range Systems to counter everything from Rockets and Mortars, to Drones and Ballistic Missiles.

There have been several attempts since the Cold War to create a Missile Defense Grid for the Continental United States, most famously the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or “Star Wars Program” created by President Ronald Reagan in 1983; which would have seen Space-Based Lasers, Partial-Beam Weapons, and Ground/Space-Based Missile Interceptors used to end the Concept of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) with the Soviets. Allowing the United States to intercept any number of Nuclear Missiles fired by the Soviets before they were able to reach their Targets. However, the Program was deemed to be “Too Expensive” having spent $30 Billion between 1983 and 1993, which is when it was cancelled by President Bill Clinton. Many other Programs before and after have also failed, after determining that the Size of the United States makes a Missile Defense Systems similar to that of the Israelis, nearly Impossible.