Comment: Personal Opinion: Based on serving at GF AFB ND with an Army ABM system nearby to protect us.
When Spartan and Sprint came on line we already had new equipment installed to work with this protection system designed for shooting down incoming enemy missiles.
Add this to the the tab on Sentinel costs as aspects of Golden Dome are phased in.
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"Build Your Own Golden Dome: A Framework for Understanding
Costs, Choices, and Tradeoffs
Todd Harrison American Enterprise Institute"
Quoting from the Report:
Architecture 6: Robust All-Threat Defense Cost over 20 Years: $3.6 trillion in FY26 dollars ($4.4 trillion in then-year dollars) Priorities: In his Oval Office announcement, President Trump set a high bar for Golden Dome, declaring that it would complete “the job that President Reagan started 40 years ago, forever ending the missile threat to the American homeland and the success rate is very close to 100 percent.” This architecture’s objective is to build the most robust air and missile defense shield possible.
Full Report: https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/WP-Estimating-the-Cost-of-Golden-Dome.pdf?x85095
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https://spacenews.com/golden-domes-cost-anywhere-from-billions-to-trillions-depending-on-design/
"Golden Dome’s cost: anywhere from billions to trillions, depending on design"
"A new report by Todd Harrison of the American Enterprise Institute estimates Golden Dome could cost from $252 billion to $3.6 trillion over 20 years, based on scope and capabilities"
by Sandra Erwin September 13, 2025
Quote:
The report, Build Your Own Golden Dome: A Framework for Understanding Costs, Choices, and Tradeoffs, is the first comprehensive cost estimate for the program, examining options from drone defenses to space-based interceptors.
Defense Intelligence Agency
