
President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday announced key details of the planned Golden Dome missile defense architecture, with an expected total cost of $175 billion, timeline to be ready within three years and be run by the Vice Chief of Space Operations. Speaking during a press conference in the oval office, Trump said the system will deploy “next-generation technologies” across land, sea, and space with space-based sensors and interceptors; integrate with existing missile defense capabilities; and…