40 years later and we’re back to Ronnie’s Star Wars all over again.
Update: $25B to design the system??? No AI?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-golden-dome-25-billion-dollar-missile-defense/
40 years later and we’re back to Ronnie’s Star Wars all over again.
Update: $25B to design the system??? No AI?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-golden-dome-25-billion-dollar-missile-defense/
Especially given there’s absolutely no way in Hell $175b will cover a fraction of the cost of such a defense system. They will have lost health insurance in exchange for a small piece of vaporware.
I haven’t heard of any details yet and wouldn’t be surprised if there are none
Most of us reading the comparison to Iron Dome will think of multiple interconnected layered weapons systems protecting the entire country, while having the intelligence to use cheap plentiful interceptors where possible. Not only is it ridiculous to expect that so cheaply, but we can’t even seem to account for Chinese “weather balloons” crossing our airspace.
It’s possible they will spend that money on the infrastructure to have more detailed live knowledge of the entire airspace, including low and slow drones, so that it’s possible to react. Not likely though, that’s not flashy enough.
That $175B is probably just meant to enrich military contractors, but in case there’s anything real to it …… $175B can buy several Patriot missile batteries (which I believe is one of the weapons systems integrated into Iron Dome) to be permanently installed near major cities. Done. Declare victory. Somehow tie it back to Joe Biden.