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- In a May 2025 Oval Office event, President Donald Trump unveiled the Golden Dome initiative, a cutting-edge missile defense system designed to protect the United States from threats including ballistic, hypersonic, nuclear missiles, and drones.
- The project follows from Reagan's 1980s Strategic Defense Initiative and draws inspiration from Israel's Iron Dome, though experts note the vast difference in scale and technical challenges.
- The Golden Dome initiative aims to establish space-based sensors and interceptors to protect the U.S. From missile threats, targeting completion in about three years with an estimated budget of $175 billion; however, the plan lacks detailed technical information and has been met with skepticism.
- Experts and reports highlight major hurdles including huge costs over $175 billion, technical feasibility problems requiring thousands of interceptors, and potential trade-offs such as troop reductions in the Army.
- While supporters say the system could deter missile attacks, critics warn it risks escalating arms races and doubts remain over whether Golden Dome will ever become fully operational or funded by Congress.
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With His "Dome Golden", Donald Trump Overplays Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars"
Inspired by the Israeli missile system, the US President claims to want to protect his country from any missile or drone attacks. He mainly takes up an old idea of the 1980s, fearing a militarization of space and a new arms race.
The Golden Dome Is A Brilliant Idea – Now We Need The Same Kind Of Protection For The Grid – Center for Security Policy
President Trump has proposed the building of a Golden Dome, a space-based missile defense system that would protect America from enemy attacks with conventional and nuclear missiles. This is a brilliant and long-overdue initiative. We have the technology. All we need now is the will. We also need the same kind of mental approach toward our power grid. Without electrical power, this country would be back in the 16th century in a heartbeat. Take a…
Anti-missile system intensifies US-China nuclear competition
Despite serious doubts about the technical feasibility, affordability and completion date of the “Golden Dome” anti-missile defense system that US President Donald Trump touted on May 20, in principle a missile defense system that would protect the United States is uncontroversial to Americans. The view from China, however, is different. Trump’s announcement of a plan to begin funding […] The post Anti-missile system intensifies US-China nuclear…
Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile defence system – an expert explains the technical challenges involved
The Trump administration’s recent announcement of a “Golden Dome” strategic missile defence shield to protect the US is the most ambitious such project since President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) of the 1980s. The SDI programme – better known by its somewhat mocking nickname of “Star Wars” – sparked a heated debate over its technical feasibility. Ultimately, it would never become operational. But do we now have the technol…
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