Trump's order establishing an Iron Dome for America includes a wider focus to defend the homeland from air and missile attacks from peer adversaries.

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, requirements, and an implementation plan for the next-generation missile defense shield within 60 days.

This new initiative expands upon decades of U.S. missile defense efforts, building on technologies from the Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative and modernizing the U.S. response to rising threats from China,