Trump outlines 3-year timeline, $175B price tag on 'Golden Dome'

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63% : " Trump also declared that Canada will be included in the effort.
63% : We're going to have the greatest dome ever," Trump said in December 2023 while on the campaign trail, later saying he would "build an Iron Dome over our country."
53% : Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said the U.S. had officially selected the architecture for Golden Dome, an effort which will be led by Vice Chief of Space Operations Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein.
50% : Golden Dome, first ordered by Trump in January, is poised to receive $25 billion to jump-start the purported missile defense system that would create a network of satellites to detect, track and potentially intercept incoming ballistic missiles.
47% : So we'll have it done in about three years," Trump said.
45% : President Trump on Tuesday announced that his ambitious, multibillion-dollar Golden Dome missile defense shield would only cost $175 billion to build and be "fully operational" in less than three years, defying earlier predictions for its price tag and timeline to field.

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