Golden Dome (missile defense system)

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The Golden Dome is a planned multi-layer missile defense system for the United States, intended to detect and destroy ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles before they launch or during their flight. On January 27, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the secretary of defense to submit a plan for the Iron Dome for America system, which was later renamed Golden Dome. It extends former programs such as Prompt Global Strike, the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, and the Strategic Defense Initiative. The initial name alluded to Israel's short-range Iron Dome system, but the Golden Dome would encompass the entire Earth, more like the Strategic Defense Initiative proposed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. The system would employ a constellation of thousands of satellites equipped with sensors and interceptors that would be the first U.S. space weapons in orbit. Data centers in space would provide automated command and control through a cross-domain...

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