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.

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