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Golden Dome Missile Defense System

The President of the United States has presented the design of the Golden Dome Missile Defense System and named a head for the $175 billion initiative, intending to protect the U.S. from external missile dangers

Deeksha Upadhyay 18 August 2025 15:40

Golden Dome Missile Defense System

What Is It?

An advanced U.S. missile defense initiative employing both space-based and ground-based interception layers to counter missile threats.

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Imagined as an advancement in technology surpassing Israel’s Iron Dome and Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).

Objective:

To remove the danger posed by enemy ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles prior to their arrival in U.S. territory.

Bolster national defense through the integration of space, terrestrial, and sophisticated sensor networks.

How It Will Function?

Space-Based Intercept Layer – Numerous satellites identify and eliminate missiles in the boost phase utilizing interceptors or lasers.

Improved Ground-Based Midcourse Defense – Refined interceptors in California and Alaska target missiles during their flight.

Five More Launch Locations – Counter threats in space; three on the continental U.S., two in Hawaii and Alaska.

Restricted Area Defense Layer – Safeguard vital population centers utilizing radars, shared launchers, and systems such as Patriot.

Essential Characteristics:

Defense with multiple layers: protection during space, midcourse, boost-phase, and terminal stages.

Able to target ICBMs, hypersonic weapons, and cruise missiles.

Worldwide identification using sophisticated Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor Satellites.

Partnerships with private companies such as SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, RTX.

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Importance:

National Security Shield – Provides thorough defense against new missile dangers.

Technological Progress – Expands on Iron Dome achievements while broadening to worldwide, multi-threat protection.

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