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Experts have issued a worrying update on President Donald Trump’s controversial $175 billion ‘Golden Dome’.
This comes months after the president signed off on the defense system which he coined the ‘Golden Dome’.
Since then, it has not yet been revealed to the public just how the project will be finished and people are now being warned that it could come at a hefty price.
Space Force General Michael Guetlein shared that the blueprint for the system is now complete but there hasn’t been any further information provided about the timeline of it or how much it will cost.
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According to a report by Bloomberg, the Pentagon said: “It is currently undergoing review and no additional information is available at this time, keeping operational security top of mind.”
Seemingly inspired by Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ defense system, Trump announced that the US would be getting its own version earlier this year.
In his announcement, the president vowed that this would knock all missiles out of the sky with the success rate being ‘very close to 100%’.
At the time, Trump went on to say: “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, forever ending the missile threat to the American homeland.”
It was thought that the Dome would cost somewhere between $175 billion to $540 billion, but experts are now warning that it could set the country back by a whopping $831 billion.
A new study by American Enterprise Institute (AEI) went on to reveal that analysts believe the system could cost up to $3.6 trillion over the next 20 years.
AEI senior researcher Todd Harrison said: “As long as its requirements are undefined, Golden Dome can cost as much or as little as policymakers are willing to spend.”
North Korea has since described the plans as being a ‘threatening initiative’ rather than a defense measure, calling it ‘the largest arms buildup plan in history’.
In the memorandum, the nation went on to claim that the ‘Golden Dome’ threatens the entire global security environment, adding that the US has been ‘hell-bent on the moves to militarize outer space’.
The statement continued: “The US plan for building a new missile defense system is the root cause of sparking off a global nuclear and space arms race by stimulating the security concerns of nuclear weapons states and turning outer space into a potential nuclear war field.”
North Korea has outright opposed what it calls ‘the United States’ criminal ambition to use outer space for hegemonic purposes’.
The nation added: “We will continue to exercise our sovereign right to defend our strategic security interests and ensure regional peace and security.”
