The many follies of Trump’s Golden Dome

Star Wars is back in vogue with President Donald Trump’s executive order to establish the “Golden Dome” missile defense system, a shield that will feature an ambitious space-based boost-phase interceptor program in addition to terrestrial systems. While admittedly the holy grail of defense against ballistic missiles, the obstacles that plagued its discontinued predecessor, “Brilliant Pebble”,
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