Pentagon defends Trump’s Golden Dome after $1 trillion estimate

Bloomberg: US Space Force General Michael Guetlein contested a Congressional Budget Office report that estimated the Golden Dome missile defense shield would cost $1.2 trillion over twenty years.

The CBO report relied on incomplete information and looked at costly “legacy capabilities” that the current architecture would not rely on, according to Guetlein.

Senator Tim Sheehy agreed with the report that the price tag would likely exceed $1 trillion, saying “If built to the President’s vision, as it should be, this will be a multi-trillion dollar project.”…

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