President Trump's missile defense project, called the "Golden Dome for America," aims to protect the U.S. from foreign threats. But it has a steep price and has been criticized by China as ...

Trump calls it the “Golden Dome” – and it’s a characteristically Trumpian project. And that’s not good. First, it has to be “golden”. Trump has a Louis XIV-like obsession with it.

Experts are scratching their heads at President Trump’s ambitious, three-year timeline for Golden Dome, a next-generation missile defense system he says is essential for the future of U.S. security.

Posters for the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense shield are displayed in the Roosevelt Room at the White House.(Mark Schiefelbein / AP) President Donald Trump picked a design for ...

President Donald Trump this week took important steps to advance his “Golden Dome” missile-defense system — and not a moment too soon. For years, administrations of both parties have failed ...

To reach Trump’s ambitious three-year timeline and $175 billion pricetag to build out Golden Dome, it’s likely that many early systems involved would come from existing production lines. Banks ...

Editor’s note: US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the start of a so-called Golden Dome missile defense project that would include space-based sensing and attack satellites and would cost ...

Michael Guetlein, the President announced the so-called “Golden Dome”—a defense system of missiles, satellites, and sensors named after his favorite color and akin to Israel’s “Iron Dome ...

With the Golden Dome, success will require more. Unlike SDI, the U.S. will have to actually develop, deploy and demonstrate the system’s ability to deter. Bluffing alone won’t work.

President Trump on May 20, 2025, announced that Gen. Michael Guetlein will lead the Golden Dome missile defense program. Credit: White House livestream Nonetheless, the Golden Dome represents an ...