Trump's Golden Dome Blasted By Dems As A 'Gold-Plated Boondoggle' - Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Northrop

For homeland missile defense, think Golden Zones, not a Golden Dome

While the second Trump administration’s instincts on Golden Dome correctly diagnose a more dangerous nuclear environment facing the country, a sized-up, almost-exquisite comprehensive defensive system is the wrong prescription.

Trump's Golden Dome Blasted By Dems As A 'Gold-Plated Boondoggle' - Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Northrop

Critics warn Trump's Golden Dome missile-defense plan could spark a trillion-dollar arms race. Dems call it a 'gold-plated boondoggle'.

Dems Warn Golden Dome Will Accelerate the Nuclear Arms Race

The Golden Dome missile defense system is intended to protect America—but Democratic lawmakers argued yesterday that it would have the opposite effect.    “It’s a gold-plated boondoggle that will enrich defense contractors and ignite a new nuclear arms race,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said yesterday in a press conference. “Golden Dome would push Russia and China to expand their arsenals, reject arms control treaties, and plunge the world into a terr…