Trump announces plan for Golden Dome missile defense
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If you were worried about the possibility of World War III, fear not: Donald Trump has announced plans to develop a "golden dome" missile defence system to keep the U.S. safe — and Stephen Colbert has thoughts.
The so-called "Golden Dome", inspired by Israel's land-based Iron Dome defense shield, is an ambitious project aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia, which the United States views as its two biggest geopolitical competitors.
Chuck DeVore, expert at Texas Public Policy Foundation, argued a decreased cost to orbit made it less expensive to defend against nuclear missiles than to build a bigger nuclear arsenal, with Golden Dome changing the game of homeland defenses.
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