US EditionTrump wants a ‘Golden Dome’ capable of defending the entire US: ‘Strategically, it doesn’t make any sense’
- The Trump administration is pursuing a defense system called Golden Dome to protect the U.S. From long-range missile strikes, with no expense spared to fulfill this priority, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
- Golden Dome is an attempt to create a missile defense system similar to Israel's Iron Dome but is currently just a conceptual idea with uncertain future costs, according to an internal source.
- Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery stated that while creating such a system is possible within 7-10 years, its effectiveness would be limited to protecting critical areas and major cities.
- Experts express concerns that Golden Dome could disrupt nuclear deterrence stability and may be economically unfeasible, as stated by Laura Grego and other officials.
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Army looks to artificial intelligence to enhance future Golden Dome
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Army is looking to increase autonomy through artificial intelligence solutions to reduce the manpower needed to manage Golden Dome, President Donald Trump’s desired homeland missile defense architecture, the service’s program executive officer for missiles and space said this week.As the Army contributes a large portion of the in-development air and missile defense architecture for Guam, it is looking to adapt those c…
Soofer featured in Brookings report titled, "An Iron Dome for America?"
On March 25, Forward Defense senior fellow Robert Soofer was quoted in a Brookings report entitled, "An Iron Dome for America?" The article features insights from Soofer’s recent report, “‘First, we will defend the homeland’: The case for homeland missile defense.”
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