US budget watchdog estimates Golden Dome will cost $1.2 trillion

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense shield could cost approximately $1.2 trillion to develop, deploy and operate over 20 years, a figure that dwarfs a $185 billion price tag offered by the program’s Pentagon director.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Golden Dome envisions expanding ground-based defenses such as interceptor missiles, sensors and command-and-control systems while adding space-based elements meant to detect, track and potentially shoot down incoming threats from orbit. These would include advanced satellite networks and orbiting weapons. The CBO estimated acquisition costs alone for the system would total just over $1 trillion, with the space-based interceptor layer - a constellation of 7,800 satellites - accounting for about 70 percent of acquisition costs. The system would cover the entire United States,

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