US President Donald Trump has announced an ambitious missile defense system Golden Dome Project on Tuesday, the estimated cost of which is said to be $ 175 billion. The main objective of Golden Dome is to protect America from threats arising from countries like China and Russia. It is being told that this dome will be stronger than the iron dome of Israel.
Speaking from the White House, Trump revealed that he had selected the final design for the project and appointed the US Space Force General Michael Gutlin as the head of the initiative.
US President Donald Trump said, ‘We are making a historic announcement about the Golden Dome missile defense shield. Ronald Reagan (40th US President) wanted to make it many years ago, but he did not have technology. But soon we will have it. We are going to keep it at the highest level … During the election campaign, I promised the American people that I will make a state -of -the -art missile defense shield to protect my country from the danger of foreign missile attack and this is what we are doing today … ‘
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‘Golden Dome will protect America’
Speaking at the Oval Office, Donald Trump said, “Golden Dome will protect our motherland,” he also said that Canada has shown interest in participating in the event. However, the office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney did not comment in this regard.
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‘Golden is inspired by Iron Dome
Golden Dome is expected to depend on hundreds of satellites to detect, track and prevent upcoming missiles. This entire system is inspired by Israeli’s Iron Dome, but this is a big plan of Trump. This will include both monitoring satellite and intercept satellite to target missiles immediately after launch.
Missile will hit the air: Trump
Trump signed an executive order in January, with the start of the project. Trump said that all missiles will be killed in the air and its success rate is about 100%.
Funding and private partnership challenges
The estimated cost of Donald Trump’s ambitious plan is $ 175 billion, due to which it will take several years to implement this project. However, Trump said that he wants to complete this project by January 2029.
Democratic leaders have expressed concern over the process of selection of private companies involved in the project. Alan Musk’s company SpaceX is being seen as a prominent contender with Palantir and Enduril.
Trump said that states like Alaska, Florida, Georgia and Indiana will directly benefit from the project. Many initial components will be taken from existing production lines.
Why is the game changer Golden Dome?
Golden Dome is a next generation missile defense plan to protect the American mainland from advanced and rapidly developed air threats. The chronic systems were mainly focused on the ballistic missile defense (BMD), but the Golden Dome Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGVs), cruise missiles and the AI-containing drones will deal with dangers such as dangers.