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President Trump announces his Golden Dome
new defence system Missile Sheild
$175 billion Dollars to build



[US Space Force General Michael Guetlein
will lead the effort,
and that Canada has expressed interest
in being part of it as
"they want to have protection also."
While Trump put the total price at
$175 billion, the Congressional Budget
Office has estimated the cost of
space-based interceptors to defeat
a limited number of
intercontinental ballistic missiles
at between $161 billion
and $542 billion over 20 years.

Golden Dome has more expansive goals,
with Trump saying it
"will deploy next-generation
technologies across the land,
sea and space,
including space-based sensors
and interceptors."

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth,
speaking alongside Trump,
said the system is aimed at protecting
"the homeland from cruise missiles,
ballistic missiles,
hypersonic missiles, drones,
whether they're conventional or nuclear."

- Russia, China oppose Golden Dome -

The plan's Golden Dome name stems
from Israel's Iron Dome
air defense system that has
intercepted thousands of short-range
rockets and other projectiles since
it went into operation in 2011.

The United States faces various
missile threats from adversaries,
but they differ significantly from
the short-range weapons that
Israel's Iron Dome is designed
to counter.

The 2022 Missile Defense Review
pointed to growing threats
from Russia and China.

Beijing is closing the gap with
Washington when it comes to
ballistic and hypersonic missile technology,
while Moscow is modernizing
its intercontinental-range missile systems
and developing advanced
precision strike missiles, the document said.]



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