The report from the Congressional Budget Office describes a project with enormous costs that may never succeed in “ending the missile threat to the American homeland" as Trump has claimed.

The futuristic system was ordered by President Trump in an executive order during his first week in office.

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defense shield could cost approximately $1.2 ...

A national missile defense system would cost $1.2 trillion to build and maintain over the next 20 years, a nonpartisan federal agency estimated.

The estimated cost of the “Golden Dome” is in part based on a lack of details from the Defense Department about the program and how many systems will be deployed, “making it impossible to estimate the ...

President Donald Trump's grand vision for the "Golden Dome" national missile defense system may cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars more than originally expected, according to a new ...

Golden Dome’s defenders are downplaying a new $1.2 trillion estimate for Donald Trump’s ambitious missile-defense plan, though they declined to detail just how they disagree with the Congressional ...

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the missile defense initiative known as Golden Dome, proposed by President Trump, could total $1.2 trillion over two decades, which is nearly seven times ...

Gen. Michael Guetlein, director of the Golden Dome program, speaks May 14, 2026, at the 'Inside the Dome' conference in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON — Gen. Michael Guetlein on May 14 forcefully ...