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Front Burner Is Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ more fantasy than reality?
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May 26, 2025 Mike Stone, a Reuters reporter specializing in the U.S. arms trade and defense industry, dives into Donald Trump's ambitious 'Golden Dome' defense initiative. He discusses the use of futuristic technologies like space lasers and satellites aimed at countering threats from adversaries such as China and North Korea. The conversation highlights Canada’s potential involvement in this trillion-dollar project and explores its implications for the global arms race. Stone also draws intriguing comparisons to Ronald Reagan’s Cold War defense strategies.
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Golden Dome's Missile Defense Scope
- The Golden Dome aims to defend against various missile types, including ICBMs, cruise, hypersonic, and orbital missiles.
- It integrates space-based interceptors and left-of-launch tactics to prevent missile attacks before launch.
Emerging Missile Threats and Impact
- Recent missile threats include Chinese missile decoys and Russian hypersonic missiles that maneuver unpredictably.
- Golden Dome challenges current defense limits but, if successful, could invalidate Russian and Chinese arsenals, destabilizing deterrence.
Tech Advances Make Dome Feasible
- Trump's Golden Dome is similar to Reagan's SDI but now feasible due to modern affordable space launch capacities.
- Reusable rockets from companies like SpaceX enable deployment of space-based defenses that were impossible before.