The system is inspired by Israel’s Iron Dome, but it will include both surveillance satellites and interceptor satellites to target enemy missiles.
- The project will be headed by a Space Force general.
About Golden Dome project
- Aim: To create a network of satellites, perhaps numbering in the hundreds, to detect, track and potentially intercept incoming missiles.
- Focussed on to protect the USA from cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles, drones, whether they're conventional or nuclear.
- It will consist of a separate fleet of attacking satellites that would shoot down offensive missiles soon after lift-off.
- Components: The system will have different parts like-high-tech detection sensors, tracking tools, interceptor missiles, and command-and-control networks.
- Each component will operate autonomously but will exchange information in real time.
- Concerns: Russia and China criticised the Golden Dome concept, stating it risked turning space into a “battlefield.”
- Against the spirit of Outer Space Treaty, 1966: States shall not place nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in orbit or on celestial bodies or station them in outer space.
Other aerial defense systems
Name of system | Country | Specifications |
Iron Dome, David's Sling, Arrow-2, Arrow-3 | Israel | Iron Dome(short range), David's Sling (short to medium and medium to long range, Arrow(long range). |
S-400 Triumph | Russia | Long-range air defence systems. |
The Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) | U.S.A. | Intercepts ballistic missiles. |
HQ-9 system | China | Inspired by the Russian S-300, offering a 125 km range. |