Next steps for the ‘Golden Dome’ in Congress

Defense appropriations bill for 2026 funds Space Force at $26 billion, presses Pentagon on Golden Dome

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Next steps for the ‘Golden Dome’ in Congress

Co-founder of the House Golden Dome Caucus Rep. Jeff Crank walks through how he wants to advance the president’s signature missile defense program in 2026.

Brilliant Pebbles Can Provide a Real Space-Based Missile Defense for Golden Dome

The announcement of Golden Dome in May 2025 has reinvigorated discussions around the often-maligned concept of space-based missile defenses. Ever since President Reagan’s 1983 speech  announcing the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), space-based missile defenses have been opposed by some as unrealistic. Although SDI was successful in bankrupting the Soviet Union, many in Congress never viewed SDI as legitimately achievable. The noble aim of irr…