"Once fully constructed the Golden Dome will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from other sides of the world and even if they are launched from space," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "The overall Golden Dome effort is long overdue," says Tom Karako, director of the missile defense project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. A recent report from the Defense Intelligence Agency showed that Golden Dome would also have to contend with new and emerging threats like cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles that can skim the edge of space and weapons known as Fractional Orbital Bombardment Systems, which can launch, glide through part of an orbit around the Earth and then attack from any direction.
Author: Geoff Brumfiel
Published at: 2025-05-20 21:09:07
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