Trump Unveils Golden Dome Project: A Great Game Changer for America's Future

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56% : There's another important point to consider here: Defense is crucial to our national security, but if there is to be a future war, offensive capacity will need to be developed as well; wars are not won by standing on the defensive.
53% : During the campaign and since his inauguration, President Trump has promised the construction of a Golden Dome missile and drone defense system to cover the continental United States.
48% : On Tuesday, the president, flanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Space Force General Michael Guetlein, announced details of what will comprise the Golden Dome as well as the implementation plan.
48% : Although we should note that the final costs of massive projects of this kind are routinely underestimated. President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth both credited President Reagan for the concept, in the form of the Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative, the "Star Wars" project; the technology at the time precluded what the Golden Dome is projected to be capable of, namely, intercepting and destroying threats including hypersonic missiles, submarine-launched missiles, cruise missiles and drones.
14% : See Also: Hegseth's First 100 Days: How DOD Turned Around One of Biden's Worst and Most Dangerous Problems Defense Officials Ready to Present Plans for Space-Age 'Golden Dome' -- Could It Actually Become a Reality? When asked about who would be building the system, the president named Indiana's Senator Jim Banks to name one possible vendor: In Ft. Wayne Indiana where I live, we make all the space satellites, L3Harris, across the board we're the top manufacturing company state in the country, by the way the tariffs have been very good, our auto manufacturers, but this is going to be very good for our defense industry in my state.

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