Trump Unveils Plans for ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense System
The project has been a priority for President Trump since he took office, having promised during the campaign to build a defense system against foreign threats similar to Israel’s Iron Dome.
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The project has been a priority for President Trump since he took office, having promised during the campaign to build a defense system against foreign threats similar to Israel’s Iron Dome.
President Trump promised during the campaign to build an air defense system similar to Israel’s Iron Dome, that can intercept rockets and missiles.Credit...Eric Lee/The New York TimesBy Erica L. Green
Erica L. Green is a White House correspondent. She reported from Washington.
May 20, 2025, 7:37 p.m. ET
President Donald Trump unveiled plans for his “Golden Dome” missile defense shield on Tuesday, predicting that the ambitious plan to expand the country’s air defense system would be completed by the end of his term.
U.S. officials have said the Golden Dome is necessary to protect against “catastrophic attacks,” but experts say it faces logistical and financial hurdles.
The project has been a priority for Mr. Trump since he took office. He promised during the campaign to build a defense system against foreign attacks similar to Israel’s Iron Dome, with air defense capabilities that intercept rockets and missiles.
The United States is more than 400 times larger than Israel.
Mr. Trump has said the project will cost $175 billion, although the Congressional Budget Office said it would likely cost far more, as much as $542 billion. The president said on Tuesday that the Golden Dome would get $25 billion in funding from his domestic policy bill, which has yet to pass Congress, and that Canada had expressed interest in taking part in the program, and could share in some of its cost.
Mr. Trump said he was confident that the United States could complete the project in about three years and be “fully operational before the end of my term.” He called it “as close to perfect as you can have, in terms of real production.”
“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, and we will have the best system ever built,” Mr. Trump said.
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