America missile defence shield project to include space-based interceptors

The document points out that the architecture will include plans for the “development and deployment of capabilities to defeat missile attacks prior to launch and in the boost phase”

US President Donald Trump has signed a decree on the development of the Iron Dome national missile defence system, the White House press pool reported.

The document was signed during a flight from Florida to Maryland.On Inauguration Day, January 20, Trump said the missile defence system in question would be manufactured domestically.

The project of the next-generation missile defence shield dubbed the Iron Dome for America will include space-based interceptors, according to executive order published on the White House website.

The document points out that the architecture will include plans for the “development and deployment of proliferated space-based interceptors capable of boost-phase intercept; <…> acceleration of the deployment of the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor layer,” and the “development and deployment of capabilities to defeat missile attacks prior to launch and in the boost phase.

“The Pentagon is expected to present its proposals on the matter before the finalization of the US budget for the Fiscal Year 2026, which will begin on October 1, 2025.

Trump ordered Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth to submit a reference architecture and an implementation plan for the missile defence shield within 60 days, according to the executive order.

“The threat of attack by ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks, remains the most catastrophic threat facing the United States,” the document notes.