Re: “Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Shield Expected To Cost $500 Billion”

On Wed, 21 May 2025 17:57:50 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
 

On 5/20/2025 5:26 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

“Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Shield Expected To Cost $500 Billion”
>
https://headlineusa.com/trumps-golden-dome-missile-shield-expected-to-
cost-500-billion/
>
“(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump’s plan to develop a new
massive missile defense system for the US, dubbed the “Golden Dome” or
the “Iron Dome for America,” is expected to cost $500 billion over the
next 20 years, CNN reported on Monday, citing an estimate from the
Congressional Budget Office.”
>
“The project will be a boondoggle for US weapons makers, and, according
to a report from Reuters, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has emerged as a
frontrunner to develop key parts of the missile shield. The report said
SpaceX has partnered with Palantir and Anduril on the project.”
>
Worth it.  But the cost will be $5 trillion.
>
BTW, I fully expect to see two or more space stations, a space gas
station, and a space hotel out of this.  SpaceX is going to put up a lot
of equipment to support the Golden Dome.
>
Lynn

>
“China Demands US Scrap Golden Dome Missile Defense System As It Will
'Turn Space Into A Battlefield'”
  https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-demands-us-scrap-golden-dome-missile-defense-system-it-will-turn-space
>
Maybe we should put a Golden Dome over Taiwan also.

 Maybe so.
 Maybe we should put it over ... well, everything. Why confine
ourselves to thinking small?
 IIRC, there are international treaties about the non-militarization of
Space. Just as there are for Antarctica. China may simply be objecting
to a plan that violates those treaties. Or not, as the case may be.