Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed America’s commitment to making all the materials for the “Golden Dome” missile-defense shield domestically.
“We’re going to defend America with great American companies,” Hegseth told The Daily Signal on Thursday. “We’re committed patriotically to the defense of the homeland.”
The U.S. plans to build a “Golden Dome” to guard against missile attacks, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
The United States has provided significant funding for Israel’s missile-defense system, known as the “Iron Dome,” and Trump says the technology that now exists is further advanced from what the U.S. used to help Israel build its system.
Hegseth said America has “some of the best technology, software companies, defense architecture companies in the world.”
“They’re going to be involved in ‘Golden Dome,’” he said, “and we’re going to work through that.”
Hegseth spoke to reporters on the tarmac after his trip to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
According to the defense chief, the “Golden Dome” is a generational investment “to ensure we keep our people safe.”