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The U.S. Needs Israeli Innovation for Our Defense
Michael Doran
December 23, 2025

…For decades, the U.S.–Israel partnership has delivered significant returns: providing the United States with world-leading defense innovation and access to intelligence from across the Middle East. President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome is the latest—and most consequential—expression of that same partnership. Announced by executive order at the end of January, Trump’s signature homeland defense initiative is a layered architecture designed to protect the American heartland from ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, cruise missiles, and emerging aerial threats. Golden Dome is not a theoretical exercise. Its purpose is to ensure American survivability under attack. In building such a system, the United States is drawing directly on Israeli technology, Israeli expertise, and Israeli combat experience. Israel contributes to the Golden Dome in three decisive ways. READ MORE