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Donald Trump has kept a 175 billion dollar tag for the development of a “Golden Dome” missile defense shield, promising that the project will be “operational” at the end of its term.
In a announcement of the Oval Office, the US President said the so-called Golden Dome-whose name was known as “Iron Dome” IELD Dalai agreed to Israel- The Tax and budget bills He added before incorporating $ 25 billion to “ongoing assistance to construction work” in Congress.
Trump It was also said that Canada “called us, and they want to be part of it” and “there are protection”. “We’ll work with them to determine the price.”
The President set the Golden Dome project at speed in the first week in his second term, the most ambitious of US history with a executive order, demanding a cut -edge missile shield: one that could destroy hypersonic missiles and prevent nuclear destruction.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegsath, several US senators and US space forces General Michael Gueelin, who will lead the project, Trump said on Tuesday that the Golden dome would “set up the next generation of land, sea and space, including land-based sensors and interceptors.”
But those interceptors – a web of satellites, equipped with some laser – ballistic nuclear missiles need to detect, barrier and destroy, technology that does not exist yet. Given the unmanned technology, there is Barrier For the Golden Dome, which is similar to the so -called Star Wars program of Ronald Reagan since the 1980s.
“Ronald Reagan wanted it many years ago, but they didn’t have technology,” Trump said. “Once fully built, the Golden Dome will be able to prevent missiles even if they are launched from other aspects of the world and they are even launched from space.”
He spoke of the importance of Silicon Valley to realize his attitude. Trump said, “We cannot have anyone else in the field of technological development”.
New technicians like Elon Mask’s SpaceX and Start-up Anduril and Palantir are expected to be involved in the Golden Dome, along with legacy contractors like Lockheed Martin and RTX.
Aerospace and Defense Companies are already preparing to fight for the fresh deal dollar. Lockheed announced its preparation for this “Manhattan Project-scale mission”, which refers to the World War II program for the development of nuclear bombs. So far there is no agreement with specific companies.
Trump was confident that the Congress would continue to fund with the development of the Golden Dome: “It is amazing how easy this money is,” he said against the background of a greater war on his hanging tax bill.
The project, however, can easily exceed its $ 175BN price tag. The Congressional Budget Office has assumed that there could be $ 542 billion dollars for more than 20 years to develop and launch space-based interceptors.
Defense intelligence agencies released last week Assessment of threats China, Russia, Iran and North Korea can launch sophisticated missiles by portraying the types of attacks that meant the IELD against the Golden Dome.
Meanwhile, Democrats, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have raised a dispute over the concern of interest in SpaceX’s potential involvement in the Trump administration’s role.
A team of 12 Democratic Law Makers led by Warren is the “Golden Dome” to provide a “Golden Dome” missile defense shield agreement earlier this month to conduct a review of the Pentagon’s process “in the process, including any involvement of Elon Kasturi, as well as his company.
