PresidentTrump's 'Golden Domefor America' missile defense program is estimated to cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years, the Congressional Budget Office said.
by NATALIA MITTELSTADT | The National News DeskWASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
President Trump announced his plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. President Trump's "Golden Dome for America" missile defense program is estimated to cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Tuesday. The CBO report said it is an analysis that reflects “one illustrative approach rather than an estimate of a specific Administration proposal.
” The estimated cost is in part based on a lack of details from the Defense Department about the program and how many systems will be deployed, “making it impossible to estimate the long term cost” of it, according to the report. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. , who requested the CBO estimate, said in response to the report that the Golden Dome is “nothing more than a massive giveaway to defense contractors paid for entirely by working Americans.
” The CBO estimated last year that just the space-based components of the defense system could cost as much as $542 billion over the next 20 years. During his first week in office last year, Trump issued an executive order for the Golden Dome, saying that he expected the system to be “fully operational before the end of my term,” which would be in January 2029.
“Over the past 40 years, rather than lessening, the threat from next-generation strategic weapons has become more intense and complex with the development by peer and near-peer adversaries of next-generation delivery systems,” Trump said in his executive order.is partly inspired by Israel’s multitiered defenses, often referred to as the “Iron Dome,” which defends the country from rocket and missile fire. The body of a missing 26-year-old was recovered at Grand Canyon National Park earlier this week.
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