President Donald Trump promised on Tuesday that the “Golden Dome” missile program – a multilayer system of $ 175 billion that we will give us weapons into space – would be “fully functional” by the end of his term.
Trump, while he spoke in an oval office, said he expected the system to be “fully functional before the end of my term”, which ends in 2029 and has the ability to capture missiles “even when they are released from space”.
“We will actually complete the President Reagan 40 years ago,” Trump said, calling technology “about as close as you can have.” However, some technology remains unproven.
During his term of office, Ronald Reagan’s began to examine the opportunity to space for missile defense, widely known as “Star Wars”.
Trump, sitting next to the poster showing continental American painted gold and, with an artistic depiction of missiles, he also announced that the gene. Michael Guetlein, who currently serves as vice -president of space operations, will be responsible for supervision of the progress of Golden Dome.
Congress is looking for $ 25 billion to start work on the system and Trump said it could cost $ 175 billion.
All about the Golden Dome Missile Defense program:
The gold dome is designed to integrate both ground and space systems capable of facing missiles in all four critical stages of potential attack: detection before starting and neutralizing, capturing during the starting phase of start, disturbing the middle tower during flight and final capture when the rocket approaches the goal.
Over the past few months, Pentagon planners have been developing options-the American official has described as medium, high and “extra” options based on their cost-to-cost interceptors. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to describe in detail the plans that were not published.
The difference in three versions is largely based on how many satellites and sensors-and the first time-based interceptors would be purchased.
(With Reuters and AP inputs)
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