> I’m actually surprised that the US hasn’t bought and installed a battery on every single warship it has since the system can also intercept anti ship missiles

> I’m actually surprised that the US hasn’t bought and installed a battery on every single warship it has since the system can also intercept anti ship missiles and even combat aircraft at short ranges. There have been proposals to add Iron Dome installations to the US arsenal in various contexts, but they've foundered on the difficulties of integrating it with other systems in use, and without access to the source code (which wasn't forthcoming) those couldn't be resolved (so far). So, it looks like the US military has passed on deploying a system that is yet another special-purpose silo, however effective it is in its original context. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/us-army-iron-dome-cannot-be-integrated-into-our-air-defense-systems-620171 https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/us-army-iron-dome-cannot-b... That said, a lot of money is at stake here, so Rafael and Raytheon may yet be able to get the square peg to fit a round hole. Their efforts are, reportedly, ongoing.