Trump's Golden Dome missile defense will cost $1.2 TRILLION over 20 years — nearly 7× higher than the $175B initially promised, per the Congressional Budget Office. And here's the kicker: CBO warns the system "could be overwhelmed by a full-scale attack by a peer or near-peer adversary". SpaceX and Lockheed already collected $3.2B in contracts. Sen. Merkley: "a massive giveaway to defense contractors paid for entirely by working Americans".https://newsgroup.site/trump-golden-dome-1-2-trillion-cbo-defense-contractors-may-13/#GoldenDome #Trump #Pentagon #DefenseSpending
