Washington, September 18, 2025, 08:14 — Regnum News Agency. U.S. Space Force General Michael Guetlein has completed the design of the expensive Golden Dome missile defense system. Bloomberg reported this.
According to the publication, the Pentagon declined to disclose any details of the system or its cost. The project is currently under review.
"An investigation is currently underway and no further information is available at this time, so operational security is the primary focus," the publication said.
As the article's authors noted, US President Donald Trump previously suggested the project could cost $175 billion. However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the cost of the space-based interceptor network alone could reach $542 billion.
Todd Harrison, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, told the agency that even minor changes to the Golden Dome's parameters could change the project's cost by hundreds of billions of dollars.
On August 14, Reuters reported that the Golden Dome missile defense system would comprise four layers of defense —one satellite-based and three ground-based—with 11 short-range batteries located throughout the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii. A new missile field in the Midwest is also planned.
Prior to this, on August 5, it was announced that the US Missile Defense Agency was accepting proposals from industry representatives to develop a new mobile radar as part of the Golden Dome program. This device would be designed to track ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles 24/7 at ranges of up to 2,200 km and distinguish warheads from decoys.