Senate bill would mandate Army plan for Iron Dome deployment

By Jason Sherman / June 12, 2020 at 1:29 PM
A key Senate panel is proposing legislation requiring the Army to outline a plan for deploying the Israeli-made Iron Dome air defense system, potentially enshrining in law what House and Senate lawmakers have requested of Pentagon leaders in written correspondence. The Senate Armed Services Committee on June 11 voted to adopt its mark of the fiscal year 2021 defense policy bill that includes a provision on the controversial foreign weapon system. According to a summary of the committee’s mark of...

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