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

[muriel_volestrangler]

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

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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62379

[democrank]

1. Trump should deal with that Golden Dome on his head

and call it good.

[DemMedic]

2. Impossible

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]

3. The ballroom's a billion (at the moment), not a trillion

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

[Old Crank]

6. Numbers from the CBO.

They tend to be pretty reliable.

[Ray Bruns]

4. What's this "might not stop an attack" bullshit?

It won’t work at all.

[BurnDoubt]

5. But...

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!

[sinkingfeeling]

7. He also doesn't think about the country's financial situation.

[Bayard]

8. This country will have to declare bankruptcy once he finishes wasting all our money

We're his biggest grifting project.

[Picaro]

9. Let's correct the headline...

The Golden Dome will cost wayyyyyy more than 1.2 Trillion and will fail when tested by a real attack

[sakabatou]

10. Just call it a "Golden Shower" because it'll piss all over us

[pat_k]

11. Far more effective: Win-win relationships with allies against authoritarian monsters.

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.