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President Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Missile Defense project requires a whole government effort on the same basis with the Manhattan project to develop the atomic bomb, according to a Space Force General.
“This is in the Order of the size of the Manhattan project, and it will make compound efforts of the top of our government. It will need a national will to bring all this together,” said General Michael Guetlein, vice -chief of space operations of the US Space Force, to a meeting of experts in the field of the field of the field of the area of ​​the area of ​​the field.
The idea ‘Golden Dome’ came from the Iron dome of Israel. With the help of the US, it uses an invisible limit that activates Interceptors when short -range missiles are fired to its territory.
But The golden dome has Proven a more daunting project for monitoring the US, which is almost 500 times as large as Israel and probably more would be threatened by long distance than a short distance missiles.
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Guetlein said that Iran fired to Israel last year gave a ‘real-life example’ of how the anti-rocket system in iron dome style in the US ‘would have to work. (Reuters/Amir Cohen.)
Guetlein said that the project will require unprecedented cooperation with the defense and intelligence services.
“We are in full planning mode,” said the officer at the National Security Innovation Base Summit organized by the Ronald Reagan Institute. “At the end of the month we owe an answer to the White House about what our thoughts are.”
The Golden Dome should protect the US against various threats – including hypersonic rockets, ballistic rockets, advanced cruise rockets. Early detection would be dependent on space-based sensors that would activate fast response rocket sub-creators.
“It will be a tough lift for all organizations that will participate. And what we really have to shift back are the organizational limits and the cultures that try to slow us down or to prevent us from working together,” Guetlein said.
The American rocket defense agency is “really good at protecting the home country against an ICBM,” said Guetlein, but they need the space for space opportunities, and the Air Force and the Army to manage counter-drone systems.
The National Reconnaissance Office, which operates the US spy satellites, also has space options needed for protection against home country.
Guetlein said that the nation “should break down the barriers” between Title 10 and Title 50 of the United States Code, the federal laws that reign the defense and clandestine operations of the nation.
Gene. Michael Guetlein, vice -chef of space operations, said he would inform the White House by the end of the month about how to continue on Golden Dome Missile Defense System. (US Space Force.)
“Without a doubt our biggest challenge will be organizational behavior and culture to bring all the pieces together,” said Guetlein.
The Golden Dome would be an important step for the current MidCourse Defense System based on the ground, which is stationed dependent on rocket interceptors in Alaska and California, designed to protect the home country against a small number of ballistic missiles that can be fired from North Korea.
Guetlein said Iran has given a “real life example” in the Midden -EastWhere American troops helped to thwart a barrage of rockets on Israel last year.
The golden dome of America should be able to intercept ICBMs, such as those above in a test fire in North Korea. (KCNA via Reuters.)
Trump said during his Address to a joint session of the congress On Tuesday he would ask legislators to fit funds for the project.
“My focus is on building the most powerful army of the future,” said Trump. “As a first step I ask the congress to finance a state-of-the-art, ‘Golden Dome’ rocket defense shield to protect our home country all in the US.”
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The president claimed that Ronald Reagan had wanted to build such a system, but it was not possible given the technology of that time.
“Israel has it, other places have it, and the United States should have it too,” he said. “This is a very dangerous world. We should have it. We want to be protected. And we are going to protect our citizens like never before.”
