Golden Dome: what Trump should learn from Reagan’s ‘Star Wars’ missile defence system plan

By Matthew Powell, Teaching Fellow in Strategic and Air Power Studies, University of Portsmouth

Donald Trump has unveiled plans for a new “next-generation” missile defence system which he says will by “capable even of intercepting missiles launched from the other side of the world, or launched from space”. The US president says “Golden Dome”, which is reportedly partly inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome system that protects the country from missile attacks, will be operational by the end of his current four-year term of office.

But critics say that it’s much…

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