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muriel_volestrangler

(106,551 posts)
Wed May 13, 2026, 05:07 AM Yesterday

Trump's 'Golden Dome' will cost $1.2tn and might not stop all-out missile attack

Source: BBC

US President Donald Trump's futuristic "Golden Dome" missile defence system will cost about $1.2 ​tn (£882bn) to develop, deploy and operate over two decades, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates.

That figure is significantly higher than the initial sum of $175bn (£129bn) that had been earmarked.

And the system designed to shield the US against ballistic and cruise missiles might not even work. The new CBO report warned the Golden Dome could be vulnerable to a full-scale attack by Russia or China.
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SpaceX and Lockheed Martin last month won contracts worth up to $3.2bn to develop space-based missile interceptor prototypes for the system.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxp27j1xyjo



https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62379
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Trump's 'Golden Dome' will cost $1.2tn and might not stop all-out missile attack (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Yesterday OP
Trump should deal with that Golden Dome on his head democrank Yesterday #1
Impossible DemMedic Yesterday #2
The ballroom's a billion (at the moment), not a trillion muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #3
Numbers from the CBO. Old Crank Yesterday #6
What's this "might not stop an attack" bullshit? Ray Bruns Yesterday #4
But... BurnDoubt Yesterday #5
He also doesn't think about the country's financial situation. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #7
This country will have to declare bankruptcy once he finishes wasting all our money Bayard 22 hrs ago #8
Let's correct the headline... Picaro 22 hrs ago #9
Just call it a "Golden Shower" because it'll piss all over us sakabatou 20 hrs ago #10
Far more effective: Win-win relationships with allies against authoritarian monsters. pat_k 18 hrs ago #11
"the system designed to shield the US against ballistic and cruise missiles might not even work." EX500rider 14 hrs ago #12

DemMedic

(599 posts)
2. Impossible
Wed May 13, 2026, 05:22 AM
Yesterday

Trumps ballroom bunker alone is in need of one trillion dollars (supposedly). Are we to believe the dome is "only" 1.2 trillion?

This is just another trumpty dumpty grift.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,551 posts)
3. The ballroom's a billion (at the moment), not a trillion
Wed May 13, 2026, 06:17 AM
Yesterday

Even Republicans might choke on a trillion ($3,000 per US citizen) on one ballroom.

BurnDoubt

(1,897 posts)
5. But...
Wed May 13, 2026, 06:34 AM
Yesterday

It’s GOLDEN!!!!!!
When I see the ads for Gold as a hedge against a failed and broken Society, I have to laugh.
For a little perspective, I recommend watching “The Treasure of The Sierra Madre” and taking note of Bogey’s face when he realizes his boots are more valuable than his life.
Dumb/Fuckery at its finest!

Bayard

(30,216 posts)
8. This country will have to declare bankruptcy once he finishes wasting all our money
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:07 AM
22 hrs ago

We're his biggest grifting project.

Picaro

(2,436 posts)
9. Let's correct the headline...
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:42 AM
22 hrs ago
The Golden Dome will cost wayyyyyy more than 1.2 Trillion and will fail when tested by a real attack

pat_k

(13,831 posts)
11. Far more effective: Win-win relationships with allies against authoritarian monsters.
Wed May 13, 2026, 02:33 PM
18 hrs ago

Too bad our authoritarian monster wannabe is shitcanning all the relationships on which our security and prosperity depends.

I can't imagine ANY nation he has alienated in a multitude of ways sharing a shred of intelligence with us.

The rate he's going, we probably need an effective "golden dome." Too bad such a thing only exists in his fantasies.

EX500rider

(12,748 posts)
12. "the system designed to shield the US against ballistic and cruise missiles might not even work."
Wed May 13, 2026, 06:03 PM
14 hrs ago

No ABM system will stop 100% of a swarm attack, always be some leakers.

But what they do is plant uncertainty in the mind of a attacker, they have no idea what % of missiles will get shot down but have to assume the worse making missile targeting a lot harder due to uncertainty of a successful strike, forcing them to assign 2 or more warheads per target reducing the number of targets they can hit and the ABM system could get lucky and get a 100% rate on certain targets making target destruction even more uncertain.
It's designed to stop attacks before they happen.

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