"Months after US president Donald Trump signed off on a long-range missile defense system called the "Golden Dome," officials and the public are still in the dark on how to finish the project - and experts warn its price tag will be far higher than previously disclosed. After being given a 60-day deadline to come up with a plan for the project, Space Force General Michael Guetlein said the blueprint is complete - but wasn't able to give any details about the scope, timeline, or cost, Bloomberg reports."
"The ludicrous project is imagined as a constellation of hundreds of space-based ballistic missile interceptors at a cost of $175 billion to defend the United States from theoretical nuclear strikes. If all goes well, it'll be online by 2028 - or at least, that's what the Trump administration says. Even its already grossly inflated price tag is probably optimistic thinking. Last week, analysts for the American Enterprise Institute released a study pegging the system somewhere between $252 billion and $3.6 trillion over the next 20 years."
President Donald Trump signed off on a long-range missile defense system called the Golden Dome. Space Force General Michael Guetlein said a blueprint was complete after a 60-day deadline but did not disclose scope, timeline, or cost. The Pentagon stated the plan is under review and withheld further information, citing operational security. The project envisions hundreds of space-based ballistic missile interceptors with an initial cost estimate of $175 billion and a target online date of 2028; independent analysts place 20-year costs between $252 billion and $3.6 trillion, and the Congressional Budget Office estimates $542 billion to $831 billion. Ballistic missile interception is extremely difficult and undefined requirements leave room for much higher expenses and significant technical risk.
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