During the 2024 election campaign Donald Trump repeatedly promised to build a version of Israel’s Iron Dome system for the United States AFP President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to start planning for an “Iron Dome” air defense system for the United States, like the one that Israel has used to intercept thousands of rockets. Trump ordered …
Read More »World’s Largest Telescope Dome Complete in Chile’s Atacama Desert
The construction of the dome for the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), has progressed significantly. Located atop Cerro Armazones in Chile’s Atacama Desert, this state-of-the-art observatory is being developed under the guidance of the European Southern Observatory (ESO). With its completion targeted for 2028, the telescope is anticipated to provide unprecedented insights into terrestrial …
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