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US Advances 'Golden Dome' Defense System to Counter Hypersonic Threats

Donald Trump has tasked the U.S. Department of Defense with developing a plan for a missile defense system called the 'Golden Dome' similar to Israel's Iron Dome.
Building the Golden Dome is challenging due to the U.S.'s vast territory of approximately 3.8 million square miles.
Experts, including Mark Cancian, express skepticism about the project's feasibility and potential financial burden on the Pentagon, while private defense companies show interest.
A scientific study indicates the scheme's scientific impossibility, highlighting the U.S.'s struggles to develop an effective missile defense system for decades, according to Joseph Cirincione.

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Why We Must Expedite ‘Brilliant Pebbles’ Space Defense

In their March 27, 2025 Defense News article, Chuck de Caro and John Warden argued that the proposed “Golden Dome” will not be ready to stop a Chinese attack on the U.S. Perhaps that is true if the Golden Dome proceeds according to the Pentagon’s regular acquisition procedures. But if the Pentagon were to adopt the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) accelerated processes followed over three decades ago, a modern “Brilliant Pebbles” space-based i…

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Colorado Springs Gazette

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The 'Golden Dome' missile defense project could bring investment to Colorado

President Donald Trump's vision for updating missile defense could bring investment to Colorado.

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Learning from the past to gild the future, with the Golden Dome * WorldNetDaily * by Peter Mitchell, Real Clear Wire

'Success will depend on avoiding past pitfalls while leveraging existing technologies and institutional expertise'

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Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Is Impossible—and It’ll Make Defense Companies a Ton of Money

A new study detailed all the problems with plans to shoot a missile out of the sky.

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Golden Dome: America’s Answer to the Hypersonic Threat › American Greatness

The rapid evolution of missile technology rarely captures public attention, but within the defense community, the era of surprise over next-generation weapons is long past. […] Source

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