What will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ order mean for Huntsville?
President Donald Trump’s call for an “Iron Dome for America” missile defense this week could mean more jobs and federal dollars flowing to north Alabama.
In an executive order issued late Monday, Trump outlined a vision of missile defense that emphasizes new technology as well as space-based programs – both of which are local strengths, and some of which would need to be created from whole cloth.
Specifically, Trump’s order gave the Pentagon two months to submit guidelines for, “Defense against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other next-generation aerial attacks from peer, near-peer, and rogue adversaries.” Those guidelines should include, the order stated: