US budget watchdog estimates Golden Dome will cost $1.2 trillion, dwarfing Pentagon's $185 billion estimate
The estimate is far above the Pentagon’s $185 billion figure, with space-based interceptors driving most of the projected cost, the CBO said.
- On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office estimated President Donald Trump's 'Golden Dome' missile defense shield could cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years, far exceeding the Pentagon's $185 billion estimate.
- Inspired by Israel's 'Iron Dome,' the system involves expanding ground-based interceptors and deploying 7,800 satellites, a project Trump ordered in a January 27, 2025, executive order.
- Acquisition costs could exceed $1 trillion, with satellites accounting for about 70 percent of expenses, though the Defense Department's insufficient details make long-term estimates 'impossible,' the Congressional Budget Office said.
- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-OR, who requested the analysis, criticized the project as 'nothing more than a massive giveaway to defense contractors paid for entirely by working Americans.'
- While designed to engage adversaries like North Korea, the Congressional Budget Office warned the system could be overwhelmed by full-scale attacks from Russia or China, demonstrating potential defensive limitations.
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WASHINGTON >> A national missile defense system like President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” could cost taxpayers $1.2 trillion over 20 years, according to a government report issued Tuesday.
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The New York LedgerCBO estimates Trump's Golden Dome missile defense system could cost $1.2T over 20 years
The Trump administration's plan for a "Golden Dome" national missile defense system could cost more than $1 trillion to develop and operate over the next two decades, according to an estimate by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).The CBO on Tuesday published a report that estimated that developing, deploying and operating a Golden Dome missile defense in line with what President Donald Trump outlined in his executive order would c…
Trump's 'Golden Dome' massively over budget and can't stop biggest threats: report
Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense system is massively over budget and won't be able to stop large-scale attacks from the top U.S. adversaries, according to a congressional report. Last year, Trump said that the U.S. could have a Golden Dome that would outshine Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system for the price of $175 billion. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the price tag will be closer to $1.2 trillion. On top of…
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense Shield Would Cost $1.2 Trillion: Congressional Budget Office
President Trump's plan for a "Golden Dome" missile defense system to cover the entire territory of the United States would cost $1.2 trillion to build and operate, according to a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) assessment, dramatically more than the White House has requested for the project. Defense One noted that…
The Golden Dome will not be able to repel Russia's attack, the ministry said. The U.S. Congress
The Golden Dome missile defense system, which the Pentagon is developing, could cost the United States about $1.2 trillion over the next two decades, but it may not be able to repel a large-scale missile attack from Russia or China.
Golden Dome Would Cost $1.2 Trillion, Seven Times the White House's Own Estimate
The Congressional Budget Office released a report this week estimating that President Trump’s proposed Golden Dome national missile defense system could cost $1.2 trillion over 20 years, a figure more than six times larger than the administration’s own publicly stated projections. The CBO’s analysis, one of the most detailed independent assessments of the project to date, put total acquisition costs at just over $1 trillion. Annual operations an…
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