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SpaceNews.comSandra Erwin

CBO pegs “Golden Dome” missile-defense cost at $1.2T over 20 years, with space-based interceptors the biggest driver

The Congressional Budget Office estimates a national missile defense architecture broadly aligned with President Trump’s “Golden Dome” executive order would cost about $1.2 trillion over 20 years. The CBO projection is far higher than the Pentagon’s public estimate of roughly $185 billion, with space-based interceptors identified as the largest cost component.

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