President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced the U.S. will quickly start development of a “Golden Dome” missile protection device they are saying will probably be a next-generation “game changer” protective the American place of origin from outdoor adversaries.
A equivalent device, the Iron Dome, has already been advanced in Israel with U.S. help and has confirmed efficient in repelling missile assaults. Now. Trump says a larger, extra technologically complicated, multi-layered dome device will quickly be put in in America.
The president introduced the “one big beautiful” finances invoice being mentioned in Congress will come with $25 billion in preliminary investment for the undertaking, which he expects will price $175 billion general. He stated he expects a big section of the dome will probably be whole in beneath 3 years and that it’ll be “fully operational before the end of my term.”
He famous there’s vital make stronger for the undertaking in Congress, quipping, “It’s amazing how easy this one is to fund.”
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President Donald Trump introduced his proposal for a “Golden Dome” missile protection device within the United States May 20, 2025. (Reuters/Leah Millis/File Photo; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“In the campaign, I promised the American people that I would build a cutting-edge missile defense shield to protect our homeland from the threat of foreign missile attack. And that’s what we’re doing today,” he stated, including that the Golden Dome “will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from the other side of the world and even if they are launched from space.”
Trump additionally introduced he’s putting Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein answerable for the undertaking, pronouncing, “No one is more qualified for this job.”
Hegseth known as the Golden Dome a “bold initiative” and every other addition to Trump’s “long and growing list of promises made and promises kept.”
He stated making an investment within the new device is very important to answer rising threats from nations like Russia and China.
“Ultimately, this right here, the Golden Dome for America, is a game changer,” stated Hegseth. “It’s a generational investment in the security of America and Americans.”
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a missile interceptor (Reuters )
Addressing Trump, Hegseth stated, “Mr. President, you said we’re going to secure our southern border and get 100% operational control after the previous administration allowed an invasion of people into our country. President Reagan 40 years ago cast the vision for it. The technology wasn’t there. Now it is, and you’re following through to say we will protect the homeland from cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles, drones, whether they’re conventional or nuclear.”
Guetlein indicated the Golden Dome is vital to maintain the security, safety and the standard of lifestyles Americans are used to.
“We owe it to our children and our children’s children to protect them and afford them a quality of life that we have all grown up enjoying. Golden dome will afford that,” stated Guetlein.
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Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice leader of house operations, United States Space Force (Space Force)
The basic stated “our adversaries have become very capable and very intent on holding the homeland at risk.”
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“While we have been focused on keeping the peace overseas, our adversaries have been quickly modernizing their nuclear forces, building up ballistic missiles capable of hosting multiple warheads, building out hypersonic missiles capable of attacking the United States within an hour and traveling at 6,000 miles an hour, building cruise missiles that can navigate around our radar and our defenses, building submarines that can sneak up on our shores and, worse yet, building space weapons,” Guetlein stated.
“It is time that we change that equation and start doubling down on the protection of the homeland.”
