President Donald Trump has proposed a space-based missile defense system called the "Golden Dome," potentially benefiting companies like SpaceX, Palantir, and Anduril. Although Trump aims for operational status by January 2029, experts are skeptical about the project's feasibility and financial backing. The estimated cost could exceed the claimed $175 billion, and the scale of the project is unprecedented when compared to prior initiatives like Israel's Iron Dome. Competing defense companies express concerns over the practicality of building such a system.
"The Manhattan Project element of this is just simply the scale. The technologies exist, the integration strategies we've demonstrated, they are available. It's really, how do you scale this?"
"Trump ordered plans to be drawn up for the Golden Dome within days of returning to office in January, and he said in May that it would be operational by the end of his term in January 2029."
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