Trump's 'Golden Dome' will cost $1.2tn and might not stop all-out missile attack

[karynnj]

14. As to not work, remember the name is similar to the Iron dome in Israel

That "dome" has an easier job as Israel is considerably smaller. If the criterion for working is that it stops all missiles etc, it doesn't, but it makes a huge difference in the number of missiles that do hit. This however is at a huge ongoing cost.

The real "dome" for the US is the combination of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in addition to Canada and Mexico. Preserving that natural and geopolitical dome was thr basis of how we perceived the missiles placed in Cuba during the Kennedy administration.

However, neither the Iron Dome or our geography would protect a nuclear attack. There what has prevented any attack is the idea that doing so is Mutually assured destruction (MAD) My concern especially with the current administration, is if they are led to believe that 100 percent nothing can come in thru the golden dome, they might think they could use a nuclear weapon, but would be protected.

Not to mention that 911 showed we were not protected because our own technology could be used against us.