The idea might ultimately cost approximately $175 billion, according to the president, who promised $25 billion in initial funds.
In order to defend the nation from attacks, US President Donald Trump presented plans on Tuesday for a “Golden Dome” missile shield system, which he said should be operational in roughly three years. The idea might ultimately cost approximately $175 billion, according to the president, who promised $25 billion in initial funds.
At the White House, Trump declared, “I promised the American people during the campaign that I would construct a state-of-the-art missile defense shield.” “Today I am pleased to announce we have officially selected architecture for this state-of-the-art system.”
Trump stated that the Golden Dome will be able to intercept missiles when it is finished, regardless of whether they are launched from space or from other parts of the planet. “This is very important for the success and even survival of our country.”
According to him, Canada has indicated interest in joining the endeavor, which will be led by US Space Force General Michael Guetlein.
The cost of space-based interceptors to defeat a small number of intercontinental ballistic missiles has been estimated by the Congressional Budget Office to be between $161 billion and $542 billion over a 20-year period, however Trump put the total cost at $175 billion.
The objectives of Golden Dome are more ambitious; according to Trump, it “will deploy next-generation technologies across the land, sea, and space, including space-based sensors and interceptors.”
Pete Hegseth, the head of the Pentagon, said the system is designed to defend “the homeland from cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles, drones, whether they’re conventional or nuclear.” He was speaking beside Trump.
China and Russia are against Trump’s idea.
The Iron Dome air defense system in Israel, which has been in place since 2011, has intercepted thousands of short-range rockets and other projectiles, hence the plan’s Golden Dome name.
The short-range weapons that Israel’s Iron Dome is intended to neutralize are very different from the different missile threats that the United States faces from its rivals.
China and Russia are becoming more dangerous, according to the 2022 Missile Defense Review.
According to the report, Moscow is updating its intercontinental-range missile systems and creating sophisticated precision attack missiles, while Beijing is catching up to Washington in ballistic and hypersonic missile technologies.
Along with warning of the danger of ballistic missiles from Iran and North Korea, as well as rocket and missile threats from non-state actors, it also stated that the threat posed by drones, which have been instrumental in the conflict in Ukraine, is expected to increase.
China and Russia denounced the Golden Dome idea earlier this month as “deeply destabilizing,” claiming it might turn space into a “battlefield.”
The proposal “explicitly provides for a significant strengthening of the arsenal for conducting combat operations in space,” according to a statement released by the Kremlin following negotiations between the two parties.
In recent years, the United States has accumulated significant practical expertise in missile and drone defense.
While US aircraft and warships helped defend Israel against Iranian strikes last year and have frequently shot down missiles and drones launched at ships by Yemen’s Tehran-backed Huthi rebels, US weapons have been employed to repel modern Russian missiles in Ukraine.
