STEPS Journal ArticleIssue 11 · July 2025
National Security & Defense · Space
Can Trump’s Golden Dome Make Us Safe?
Last year, Donald Trump announced that “we must be able to defend our homeland, our allies, and our military assets around the world from the threat of hypersonic missiles, no matter where they are launched from.” After his election, he called for a program labeled the Golden Dome and requested a plan with no limit on cost to achieve his goal.
Gerold Yonas, PhD