Trump's Golden Dome Missile Plan

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Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed nationwide missile defense system

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President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome , on May 20, 2025 .

The system is intended to protect the United States from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, and missiles launched from space.

Iain Boyd , an aerospace engineer and director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at the University of Colorado Boulder , questions the feasibility of the plan.

Boyd : The U.S. already has a broad array of sensors and interceptors in place around the world.

The U.S. is trying to change the calculus in an opponent's thinking to the point where they will consider it not worth shooting their precious high-value missiles at the US .

President Trump is requesting a total budget for all defense spending of about $1 trillion in 2026 .

A second -generation Golden Dome system in the future would likely use directed energy weapons such as high-energy lasers to destroy missiles.

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