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

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

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