The message of defense construction: No costs for large • highest priority, sources say
At the beginning of 2025, the news – just a few days after Donald Trump was sworn in as US 47th president. Trump signed one of many presidential orders which meant the United States to start construction of an advanced iron dome that will protect the country from robots.
The system, which is named “Golden Dome”, will mimic Israel’s air defense system “Iron Dome”, which is often described as one of the most advanced defense systems in the world. It is designed to ward off incoming artillery rockets and smaller soil target robots with shorter reach of a maximum of 70 kilometers before they do any damage.
White House will not skimp
Now reports CNN The fact that the US military is working fully to develop the “Golden Dome” and has also received a clear sign from the White House that no costs will be too large for the building, according to several initiated sources of the channel.
CNN also reports that this is one of Donald Trump’s highest defense priorities and despite being cut on Pentagon, Trump’s administration has ordered military officials to ensure future funding for “Golden Dome”.
Difficult to say about costs
The sources also say that the discussions about the system are conceptual and that “Golden Dome” is at an early stage. This makes it very difficult to project future costs, although it would probably cost several billion dollars to build and maintain it.
Trump has repeatedly insisted that the United States needs a defense system similar to Israel’s advanced iron dome. But there are several people who see a problem with covering such large areas.
“How are you going to do it in the United States? You can’t just have it at the borders and coastline because intercontinental ballistic robots can re -enter the atmosphere over Kansas,” says a source.
Can be expensive
Retired Employee Mark Montgomery believes it may be possible to create a defense system of seven to ten years, but even then it will have large limitations that the system can potentially only protect critical federal buildings and larger cities.
– The more you want it closer to 100 %, the more expensive it will be, he says.
A comprehensive defense system will require different sets of satellites for communication as well as the recognition of incoming robots, says Montgomery, which stresses that the project is a long -term one that requires an existing defense to fill the void in the meantime.
– You have to take responsibility here. You will not be able to defend everything with these ground -based missiles. They defend in a circle around them, but it’s not big, says Mark Montgomery.