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Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet said President Donald Trump’s projected "Golden Dome" rocket shield for the United States is simply a "fantastic vision" for the state arsenic defence contracting companies enactment to instrumentality the commander-in-chief’s bold thought by the extremity of his term.
"We'll beryllium capable to usage the Golden Dome conception to marque definite the state is progressively protected against hypersonic threats," Taiclet said successful an exclusive interrogation Tuesday connected "Special Report."
Trump unveiled his ambitious rocket defence program astatine the White House past week, which helium says volition beryllium operational by the clip helium leaves office. The announcement comes arsenic the United States faces increasing threats from adversaries astir the satellite who are making important inroads successful artificial quality and drone technology.
North Korea, China and Russia denounced Trump’s rocket shield program pursuing its announcement.
Golden Dome volition request space-based radar capabilities (Lockheed Martin )
The strategy is estimated to outgo astir $175 cardinal and volition use space-based sensors, interceptors and different precocious rocket defence technologies.
Approximately $25 cardinal dollars for the Golden Dome rocket defence strategy is included successful the 2025 fund reconciliation bill, which was narrowly passed by the U.S. House precocious past week.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated in a May report that the space-based interceptors could outgo betwixt $161 cardinal and $542 cardinal implicit 20 years.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks successful the Oval Office aft President Trump announced his plans for the "Golden Dome." ((Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images))
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a erstwhile "Fox & Friends Weekend" co-host, touted Trump’s announcement arsenic a "game-changing" information concern for generations of Americans.
"The Golden Dome volition progressively support our federation from aerial attacks from immoderate foe. Within the past 4 decades, our adversaries person developed much precocious and lethal long-range weapons than ever before, including ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles susceptible of striking the homeland with either accepted oregon atomic warheads," he said successful a statement.
Taiclet told Fox News main governmental anchor Bret Baier the rocket defence strategy volition instrumentality clip to implement, and it’s up to manufacture leaders to instrumentality the government’s precedence database and supply accusation connected the feasibility of its demands.
AMERICA’S GOLDEN DOME CAN’T WAIT
Digitized conception plan of Golden Dome (Lockheed Martin)
"What's the geography you're trying to protect? What's the location? And what's the country of that geography? What types of attacks are you trying to task against?" helium asked. "Is it drones, tiny drones, ample ones, hypersonic missiles, ballistic missiles?"
The Lockheed Martin enforcement called for collaboration betwixt different defence contracting companies, arsenic good arsenic tech titans similar Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia, to make the champion defence strategy possible.
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The White House has not yet officially announced which institution oregon companies could person the authorities declaration for the Golden Dome rocket defence system.
Ashley Carnahan is simply a writer astatine Fox News Digital.
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