CBO flags $1.2 trillion price tag for Trump's Golden Dome and questions its effectiveness
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The Congressional Budget Office estimates Trump's Golden Dome missile-defense program would cost about $1.2 trillion over 20 years, far higher than the initial $175 billion, and warns it may be vulnerable to a full-scale attack by Russia or China, raising doubts about whether the system can be effectively deployed, even as SpaceX and Lockheed Martin win contracts for space-based interceptor prototypes.
- Trump's 'Golden Dome' will cost $1.2tn and might not stop all-out missile attack BBC
- Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense Plan Could Cost $1.2 Trillion The New York Times
- US budget watchdog estimates Golden Dome will cost $1.2 trillion, dwarfing Pentagon's $185 billion estimate Reuters
- CBO estimates Golden Dome could cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years Federal News Network
- Potential Costs of a National Missile Defense System Congressional Budget Office (.gov)
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