The Challenges – and Opportunites – of a ‘Golden Dome’ Protection System

vowed Tuesday to complete constructing a “Golden Dome” protection protect earlier than the top of his time period that may shield the nation from incoming missiles and different threats. The president put the worth tag at $175 billion; consultants say the prices will in all probability exceed half a trillion {dollars}, and a few doubt that the venture will be accomplished earlier than Trump leaves workplace. $25 billion for the initiative has been included within the price range invoice that’s at the moment awaiting approval by Congress. 

President Trump issued an govt order on January 27 that tasked the Pentagon with constructing a “next-generation missile protection protect” to counter what the order referred to as the “most catastrophic menace going through the US” – hypersonic weapons and different superior aerial techniques.