The Golden Dome Missile defense system announced by America will cost approximately 175 billion US dollars, which will be completed by around 2029.
A very big development has taken place a few days ago. Russia and China have signed an agreement under which both will jointly build a nuclear power station on the moon.
The US has considered this agreement signed between the two countries as a threat and therefore the US President Donald Trump has announced that he is going to work on a defense system that will be capable of stopping missiles launched from space and which the US has named the Golden Dome Defense System.
Canada has supported this decision of America and is also talking to US for joint production of Golden Dome Defense System.
What is Golden Dom defence system?
Just like Israel has missile defense systems like Iron Dome which has been protecting Israel from short range rockets and missiles since 2011, Golden Dome will also be a system that will protect America from wide range missiles.
This defense system being built by America will be such an initiative in the matter of defense that will protect America from the threat of wide range missiles.
This system to be deployed in space will be America’s only defense system. After building this system and deploying it in space, America will advance its military to a greater level in the world.
Some amazing features of Golden Dome that you should know about
- The Golden Dome will be designed in such a way that it will be able to stop many types of missile threats such as ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles, super missiles, drones and nuclear threats.
- The Golden Dome will have a defense system that will not only provide security at the ground level but also at the space level. The system installed in it will be able to track the incoming missile, detect it and destroy it in the air itself.
- This system is so effective that it has the power to destroy the missile before it takes off, in mid-flight and even in the final stage of the missile.
- It has the capability to stop any missile launched from any corner of the world or even a missile launched from space.
- Next generation technology will be installed in this system which will work as sensor and interception even in space.
- The Golden Dome was created with the aim of protecting America from threats coming from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.
- The Golden Dome will also be integrated with multiple ground-based missile defense systems to intercept incoming multiple targets with multi-layer security.
- President Donald Trump has currently funded 25 billion US dollars for this project, but it is estimated that it will cost about 175 billion US dollars to reach the final stage of the project.
when will this project be ready?
According to President Donald Trump, this project has to be made operational before the end of his term i.e. by 2029, however, the heavy amount and a specialized technology involved in this project is also a challenge.
Some experts also say that the Golden Dome is just a conceptual base and is not realistic. However, the US is also discussing the requirements of the system and its architecture and design requirements.
Who all have a role in making the Golden Dome?
Many American companies will support this project of America, but here I will talk about special companies that will make a special contribution in making this project.
- SpaceX– This aerospace company of Tesla will work on satellite infrastructure in this project. This company is considered an expert in satellite deployment and space technology.
- Plantir Technologies– Being an expert in data analysis, the company will work on AI-related threats and their detection and response in this project.
- Anduril industries– Being specialized in defense systems, the company will focus on the interception capabilities of this project.
- Lockheed Martin and RTX corporation– Will work to develop and integrate various parts of the missile defense system.
Why are China and Russia worried about this project?
China has expressed its concern on this US project and said that this defence system being built by the US will not only lead to military escalation on the ground but will also increase arms race and military tension in space.
According to Chinese experts, building such a defense system in this era means reducing the global balance at the diplomatic level.
Russia and America are the most nuclear-rich countries in the world and the treaties signed between them, the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty 1972 and the Intermediate Range Nuclear Force Treaty 1987, have both ended.
Russia says that this project started by America can start a nuclear war race between America and Russia in the future.The US exited this treaty in 2002 and 2019 respectively.