Iron Dome’s performance, Golden Dome’s opportunity

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Israel and Iran resumed fire exchanges at the end of last week, and lovers of space and defense followed the fusilades. The front and the center were The use of drones In this new stage of the conflict and the health of the infamous anti -missile defense system of the Iron Dome of Israel, when it has rejected a dam of drones and missiles.

There is an inevitable connection: the Iron Dome is currently doing the work in Israel that US President Donald Trump wants to do at home thanks to the Golden Dome Multaci -Ceme Dome Defense System proposed – an expensive concept of $ 175 billion so cutting off that legislators and analysts have often questioned its viability. On the one hand, you have the Congress Budget Office warning That the project could cost up to $ 542 billion. On the other, spaces of space and defense repress themselves to accelerate Trump’s ambitions of the ordered vision with the reality by satellite Before the end of 2029 of his mandate.

“The performance of the anti -missile defense system on several levels of Israel highlights the urgent need to strengthen the defenses of American missiles. So far, the defense inventories of Israeli missiles have followed the Iranian threat – buying precious decision -makers not to simply defend the objective, but to mark some,” said Cnacyczyk of the missile defense.

“American decision-makers should consider this as a nod to the importance of building stocks long before the fight, in the event of an attack of missiles from Russia or China, we will be confronted with many more complexes and many salvas,” she added.

Like a Hollywood ghost, the Golden Dome is resurrected from the ashes of Ronald Reagan’s strategic defense initiative – nicknamed “Star Wars” – who died a long death in a series of arguments on technological obstacles, high prices and the potential to launch a new arms race with the Soviet Union. Unsurprisingly, Russia and China have been the most stardy foreign detractors of Golden Dome, which aims to defend the vast spread of the American fatherland of ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles through a network of satellites, sensors and interceptors. The timing is not ideal – the two superpowers protest too much at a time when the major weapons control between Washington and Moscow, the new departure treaty, should be launched next year without successor, while the United States on a similar subject with Beijing was suspended in 2024.

Within the industry, Golden Dome looks like a powerful fine bone thrown away from private space companies faced with serious budget cuts in the keys to the American space entrepreneur NASA. In recent months, defense and space companies are competing for a group of project pie, especially after the recent public quarrel of Elon Musk with Trump has left SpaceX’s potential role in the program in question. Take a look at the Paris Air Show – a sprawling affair enveloping Le Bourget airport in the northeast of the French capital every two years. About 45% of this year’s show offers a scene in defense and security this year, and the tastes of the American defense manufacturer and aerospace Lockheed Martin and Boeing used the platform to boast their Golden Dome references.

“We clearly have a whole number of ranges of products that will contribute very well, which will adapt very well to what is necessary to carry out the mission,” said missile president and Fire Control of Lockheed Martin, Tim Cahill, According to Reuters.

Golden Dome is progressing, but time will tell us if it is there to stay. On June 10, two republican members of the House of Representatives, the representative Dale W. Strong (al-05) and the representative Jeff Crank (CO-05) announced the formation of a Caucus du Dome Doré which will operate in close collaboration with the Senate initiativeIn order to support Trump’s plans. Meanwhile, the Credit Committee of the Chamber Unveiled the project From its 2026 defendant’s defense expenditure invoice which has an 831.5 billion dollar expenditure line of $ 831.5 billion – and an allowance of $ 13 billion for “anti -missile and space defense programs to increase and integrate into support of the Golden Dome effort”. It is an 8.8 billion respective dollars and $ 4.1 billion for anti -missile defense programs and space supporting the project, in small characters.

Do not worry, there is an agreement to have: Trump’s reassured Canada, it can jump for newly increased $ 71 billion to take advantage of the benefits of the Golden Dome – if it is part of the United States.

Even better, Washington could end up with a pioneer across the Atlantic.

“I do not know the Golden Dome in the United States and so on, but I believe that we must create an integrated missile defense system, also in European perspective, and there are initiatives that go in this direction,” Charlotte Reed told the Swedish Aerospace and the defense of Micael Johasson. “We must have a European configuration around this, and we have this capacity with all companies in Europe.”

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