Source: CCTV News Client
Local time on the 20th, U.S. President Trump said that the United States had helped Israel establish a missile defense system, and the technology of the U.S. system would be more advanced than that of Israel. Trump said that the congressional bill would include $25 billion in construction funds for "Golden Dome", with a total cost of up to $175 billion.
Trump said that the architecture of the "Golden Dome" defense system had been selected, which would include space-based interceptors. Trump stated that the design of the "Golden Dome" defense system would be combined with the existing defense capabilities of the United States and was expected to be fully operational before the end of his term. Therefore, the United States would complete it within about three years.
Trump announced that he would appoint U.S. Space Force senior general Michael Gatreau to lead the "Golden Dome" project. In addition, both Alaska and Georgia will participate in the "Golden Dome" project.
Multiple sources disclosed to Reuters on April 17 that the aerospace company SpaceX founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk and two Silicon Valley companies are likely to win contracts for a key component of the "Golden Dome" system. However, Musk himself refuted the report via social media on the same day. The Pentagon said it would present multiple options to Trump based on his executive order, White House guidelines, and timetable for him to make decisions.
On January 27, Trump signed an executive order to launch the construction plan of the missile defense system named "American Iron Dome". However, just a month later, the plan was renamed "American Golden Dome". According to the executive order signed by Trump, the "Golden Dome" system needs to submit an architectural proposal within 60 days, with the core goals including: defending ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles, and cruise missiles; deploying space-based tracking sensors; developing space-based interceptors with boost-phase interception capabilities. However, this concept faces multiple obstacles in its implementation. (CCTV reporter Xu Xiao)
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