(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense system will be comprised of four layers and faces a 2028 deadline, according to a Pentagon presentation first reported by Reuters.

After the slides were presented at a summit for defense industry experts in Huntsville, Alabama, last week, the American public has a clearer idea of how Trump's project would work.

The administration's hallmark defense project will be comprised of four layers — one space-based and responsible for sensing and tracking missile attacks, and three land-based, equipped with interceptors, radars and potentially lasers.

The plans also include 11 short-range missile batteries across the continental United States, Hawaii and Alaska.

The multilayered defense system, modeled after Israel's "Iron Do

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