Trump expected to appoint Gen Michael Guetlein to oversee US missile defense project

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The move marks the first step that Trump has taken to start implement the project, which would broadly combine ground-based missile interceptors currently used by the US military with more ambitious and hi-tech systems to build a space-based defense program.
49% : Space force officer will be in charge of the 'Golden Dome' defense system expected to cost almost $1tn over 20 years Donald Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will appoint US space force Gen Michael Guetlein to oversee the "Golden Dome" missile defense project envisioned to protect the United States from possible foreign strikes, according to two people familiar with the matter.
48% : The project's baseline capabilities are set to depend on existing systems including the Thaad and Aegis Ashore systems made by Lockheed Martin and Patriot surface-to-air missiles made by Raytheon. Golden Dome came into existence as Trump believes that the US should have a missile defense program to track and kill missiles headed towards domestic US targets, possibly sent by China, Russia, North Korea or other strategic foreign adversaries, similar to Israel's "Iron Dome" program.
40% : The project is still being developed so precise details will be unclear until Trump decides how expansive it should be and whether it receives enough funding from Congress for it to be viable.

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