US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had chosen a design for a shield with missile defense from the Golden Dome of $ 175 billion and mentioned the general power of the cosmic force to lead an ambitious program aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia.
Know about the Golden Dome rocket system: 10 points
- The Golden Dome concept was inspired by the Israeli defensive system of the Iron Cup, which protects the country from missiles and missiles.
2. Trump’s Golden Dome is much more expansion and represents a huge network of satellites to watch along with a reserved fleet of offensive satellites designed to capture and destroy offensive missiles shortly after starting.
3. The Golden DOME rocket system focuses on the protection of “homeland from cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles, drones, whether conventional or nuclear”, quoted Chief Pentagon Pete Hegseth.
4. Financing Golden Dome remains uncertain. Republican legislators proposed an initial investment of $ 25 billion in a larger defense package of $ 150 billion. However, this financing is associated with the controversial reconciliation Act that faces the main obstacles in Congress, Reuters reported.
5. Shield Golden Dome Missile-Defense Shield would be “fully functional” until the end of Trump, the US President promised, according to Bloomberg. Companies such as Lockheed Martin, L3Harris Technologies and RTX Corp were appointed potential collaborators at a press conference.
6. At the beginning of this month Russia and China criticized the concept of Golden Dome as “deeply destabilizing” that he said he risked the transformation of space into the “battlefield”.
7. Trump said Golden Dome “protects our homeland” and added that Canada showed interest in its connection.
8. The Office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he and his ministers discussed with their American counterparts on a new security and economic relationship. “These discussions naturally include strengthening norad and related initiatives such as Golden Dome,” he said.
9. Selected architecture for Golden Dome, Trump said, Reuters reported.
10. The Directive assigned the Ministry of Defense (DOD) responsibility for the creation of a “missile defense of a new generation” intended to defend against hypersonic weapons and other advanced threats.
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