I think the Iron Dome works well in Israel because the scale of the attacks they're dealing with is relatively limited. Large-scale nation state warfare is a completely different ball game.
In fact, what you're talking about sounds similar to Reagan's "Strategic Defense Initiative" [0], which ultimately failed/morphed into another agency, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO).
In 2002 the BMDO morphed into the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), whose stated mission is to "develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight." [1]
Interestingly, the MDA co-developed the "Arrow" family of anti-ballistic missiles in conjunction with Israel [2].
The ideas you're suggesting have certainly floated through the halls of DC, and Israel and the US clearly work together very closely on these initiatives.
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I think the Iron Dome works well in Israel because the scale of the attacks they're dealing with is relatively limited. Large-scale nation state warfare is a completely different ball game.
In fact, what you're talking about sounds similar to Reagan's "Strategic Defense Initiative" [0], which ultimately failed/morphed into another agency, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO).
In 2002 the BMDO morphed into the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), whose stated mission is to "develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight." [1]
Interestingly, the MDA co-developed the "Arrow" family of anti-ballistic missiles in conjunction with Israel [2].
The ideas you're suggesting have certainly floated through the halls of DC, and Israel and the US clearly work together very closely on these initiatives.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Defense_Agency#Mission...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(Israeli_missile)