WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced the Golden Dome defence system at the cost of $175 billion, which would be completed at the end of the remaining tenure of the US president.
The US President said that our technology is more advanced than Israel everything for Golden Dome will be made in America. Donald Trump added that he did not discuss Golden Dome or space with the Russian President, some parts of the Golden Dome defence system will also be in orbit around the Earth. He said that Canada wants to be part of the Golden Dome missile defence system, and the US will help Canada. According to multiple sources familiar with the plans, the Pentagon has submitted small, medium, and large options to the White House for developing “Golden Dome,” President Donald Trump’s vision for a cutting-edge missile shield that can protect the US from long-range strikes that will likely cost hundreds of billions of dollars.
Trump is expected to announce his preferred option and its price point in the coming days, a decision that will ultimately chart a path forward for funding, developing and implementing the space-based missile defence system over the next several years. Whatever option Trump opts for, it won’t be cheap; $25 billion has been carved out in next year’s defence budget for the system, but the Congressional Budget Office has estimated the US could have to spend more than $500 billion, over 20 years – to develop a viable Golden Dome. The project will also present a bonanza for private contractors as the government won’t be able to build it alone, with companies including Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the running for highly lucrative contracts related to the system.
The Department of Defence “has developed a draft architecture and implementation plan for a Golden Dome system that will protect Americans and our homeland from a wide range of global missile threats,” chief Pentagon spokesman and senior adviser Sean Parnell told CNN in a statement. “The Secretary of Defence and other Department leaders have engaged with the President to present options and look forward to announcing the path forward in the coming days,” Parnell added.
A key part of the implementation plan will be the establishment of a direct reporting program manager – also known as a “golden dome czar” – who can oversee the development and deployment of the highly complex system, according to three sources familiar with the conversations. Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, vice chief of space operations at the US Space Force, is under close consideration for the role, the sources said, noting he is a four-star general with experience in the procurement of missile defence systems and emerging space-based capabilities. For now, however, there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding Golden Dome and what it will ultimately look like. Another person with direct knowledge of the options said the system would ultimately encompass about 100 programs, many of which already live within the Defence Department or are in development. The one “entirely new” aspect would be the command and control and integration layer of the architecture, this person said. “There are a lot of different flavours of what this could look like,” said a senior congressional official familiar with the Pentagon’s proposed plans.
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