Trump Pledges to Build 'The Best Iron Dome in the World,' But Military Experts Say It Doesn't Make Strategic Sense
Former President Donald Trump has revived his promise to build "the best Iron Dome in the world" for the US. Experts say it likely wouldn't make strategic sense given the US doesn't face the same threats as Israel. Israel's Iron Dome is a missile defense system that knocks down short-range rockets fired from Lebanon, helping protect Israeli citizens from frequent attacks. Experts believe the Iron Dome is unnecessary in the US because the country doesn't face the same short-range missile threats as Israel, due to its friendly neighbors and large oceans. Trump often focuses on building tangible infrastructure to symbolize policy goals, but past promises like a border wall saw limited results.
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00:03Former President Donald Trump has revived his promise to build the best Iron Dome in
00:06the world for the United States.
00:09Experts say it likely wouldn't make strategic sense given the U.S. doesn't face the same
00:12threats as Israel.
00:14Israel's Iron Dome is a missile defense system that knocks down short-range rockets fired
00:18from Lebanon, helping protect Israeli citizens from frequent attacks.
00:22Experts believe the Iron Dome is unnecessary in the United States because the country doesn't
00:27face the same short-range missile threats as Israel due to its friendly neighbors and
00:31large oceans.
00:32Trump often focuses on building tangible infrastructure to symbolize policy goals, but past promises
00:38like a border wall saw limited results.
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