Even though the sport climbers and boulderers don't like it, sometimes getting to the crag requires a bit of hiking.

Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza on Oct. 11, 2023. (Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images) In a bit of verbal alchemy, the Pentagon is turning iron into gold.

But the Golden Dome project will not come to fruition without novel technologies—for which development might not be easy. The U.S. Space Force is undertaking a significant defense project ...

Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept rockets that were launched from Lebanon, in northern Israel, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner) ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates ...

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024. (REUTERS) The world is witnessing a major ...

The Space Force has formed a team of experts to gauge which of its current programs can help build out President Trump’s “Iron Dome for America” initiative—and what still needs to be ...

In one of his first executive orders after taking office, President Donald Trump laid out his vision for an “Iron Dome for America” — a massive shield in space that would protect the United ...

Then there is the cost: an Iron Dome actually modeled on Israel’s short-range missile defense system, scaled up to cover the 3.7 million square miles of the continental U.S. (the contiguous 48 ...

The Iron Dome for America, directed in a Jan. 27 executive order, aims to create a comprehensive shield against sophisticated threats including hypersonic and ballistic missiles, and relies ...

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