'Golden Dome:' Trump confirms details about the plan for the construction of rocket sign, claims will be made by the end of the term

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President Donald Trump has presented new details of his ambitious plan for a billion dollar “Golden Dome” rocket defense system to protect the United States from foreign attacks and said it should be completed before leaving office.

“We will do it in three years,” said Trump reporters when he executed the plan in the Oval Office on Tuesday. “As soon as the golden dome is completely constructed, it can intercept rockets, even if it is started from other sides of the world.”

Top -class defense companies and technology companies – including Elon Musk's SpaceX – are already commissioning to build the sign and bring the parking spaces directly to defense secretary Pete Hegseth. Experts also expressed skepticism compared to the time frame and the costs of the White House – or even the feasibility of such a project.

The US administration has remained vague in its plans for the development of the rocket sign, which can be inspired by Israel's iron dome.

It is not yet clear what exactly the so -called Golden Dome will look that there are significant differences in terms of scope and scale to Israel's shield. The iron dome selectively protects populated areas of short -distance threats in a country the size of New Jersey. Trump wants a spatial rocket defense system that is able to defend a country 450 times larger, of advanced ballistic and hypertic rockets.

The project costs around 175 billion US dollars, said Trump and is headed by General Michael A. Guetlein, Vice President for Space Operations at United States Space Force. Trump said that $ 25 billion is assigned from his comprehensive expenses and tax bill, which he urges the Republicans of the house to say goodbye.

He also said that “Canada called us” to be involved in the project and to be protected under the golden dome. In a statement that Reuters is available, the office of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said that he and his ministers discussed with their American colleagues how they can negotiate a new security and economic relationship between the two countries – to “naturally include the strengthening of Norad and related initiatives such as the Golden Dome.”

Trump's “Golden Dome” rocket sign could cost billions

Trump's “Golden Dome” rocket sign could cost billions

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At the beginning of May, the Pentagon submitted small, medium and large options for the development of the golden dome. Trump did not give a final election on Tuesday, but said that they “selected an architecture for this state -of -the -art system”.

The administration's cost and construction time estimates correspond to those specified by other military officers. The retired return manager Mark Montgomery previously said CNN that he believes that the creation of a ballistic rocket defense system could be possible in 7 to 10 years, but even then it will have severe restrictions that may only protect critical federal buildings and cities.

Other experts have informed CNN that several hundred billion dollars would probably be a conservative estimate, and some said that the total cost of such a project was essentially impossible.

The United States has spoken about the construction of a rocket sign for decades, but it was never realized on the basis of technology and cost gaps.

The Defense Intelligence Agency recently published a not classified rating that underlined how US opponents such as China, Russia, Iran and North Korea may be able to aim at the American mainland with a variety of ballistic rockets, long-distance cruise rockets, bombers and hyperschall rockets.

Construction of the sign is a massively complex task that a network of government agencies and private contractors requires several sources that are familiar with the planning process.