Golden Dome Missile Defense System:
U.S. President has unveiled the Golden Dome Missile Defense System design and appointed a leader for the $175 billion project, aiming to shield the U.S. from foreign missile threats.
- It Is a next-generation U.S. missile defense program using space-based and land-based intercept layers to neutralise missile threats.
- Envisioned as a technological leap beyond Israel’s Iron Dome and Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
- Aim is to eliminate the threat of enemy ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles before they reach U.S. territory.
- It Enhance national security by integrating space, land, and advanced sensor networks.
