Critics highlight the multibillion-dollar cost of Golden Dome space weapons
4 Sep 16 2:47 AM · 8d ago · 10 articles · 1 video · 14 posts · 30 comments · 7 sources · development 4 of 8
Social media reaction focused on the financial trade-offs of the announcement, citing a Congressional Budget Office estimate that the space-based portion of the "Golden Dome" missile defense system alone could cost $542 billion over 20 years.
“CBO says that the spaced based parts of the "golden dome" alone might cost $542 billion over the next 20 years.”
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Troy Meink US Secretary of the Air Force
Dan Caine Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffChina's Foreign Ministry Chinese government spokesperson
Dmitry Peskov Kremlin spokespersonJonathan McDowell Astronomer, space-launch analyst
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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 3 claims were published in its stretch
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first by CNN, 8d ago · also The Hill, Associated Press
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- Air Force Secretary confirms US deployed weapons in space The Hill · 8d ago
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first by WAVY.com, 8d ago · also The Hill
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first by Washington Times, 8d ago
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No $$$ for healthcare, free university, social safety nets, etc. But there's always $$$ for another war mongering cycle. CBO says that the spaced based parts of the "golden dome" alone might cost $542 billion over the next 20 years. apnews.com/article/spac... #voices4Victory #dv1 #usDemocracy
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🔴 BREAKING US Acknowledges Deployment of Weapons in Space The United States has officially acknowledged for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space. This revelation marks a significant shift from previous treaties designating space for peaceful purposes and follows prior warnings regarding potential weaponization by nations such as…
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This is a deployed space borne space control weapon. That’s very different than the anti-satellite missile launched from an F-15 we had in the 80s or the SM-3 we used to take down an LEO satellite. Even the x-37 was a test platform used mostly for R&D. I think most assumed the US had these sorts of weapons, and the Pentagon has been discussing…
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Unless you can enforce a weapons ban, "should be a neutral ground" means absolutely nothing.Everyone would launch weapons while they deny it, because that is the rational and responsible thing to do.
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The US confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space, a remarkable revelation after previous warnings about countries such as Russia possibly weaponizing a global frontier long agreed in treaties to be used for only peaceful purposes.
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Another thing I now hate about the # USA : Doing things like this without any consultation with the rest of the world. A side effect of their narcissistic fascist orangutan of a leader. https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy4zq gk97wlo Crossposted with @ openvibe
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I can't find the exact story. It might be this https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/whatever-russia-is-testing-its-sophisticated-2-russian-satellites-get-within-10-feet-of-each-other-in-orbit but that wasn't last week. Maybe I read an old news article and wasn't paying attention to the dates. Also part of why this was hard…
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The part where China "begs" the US not to weaponize space, and then talks of how China wants to militarily dominate space... Such typical tactics to delay US progress.
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For the first time, the Pentagon has publicly confirmed that the US has deployed what it calls “space control weapons”, into orbit. The military won't say exactly what they are, or what they can do —but the disclosure marks a significant new stage in the militarization of space. Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna reports from the Pentagon. https://www…
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Exactly this. But also, a falling tungsten rod is VERY easy to detect visually. It's functionally a meteor. Just a very VERY dense one that doesn't lose much mass from the entry burn (friction against air). Now, that doesn't HELP much, as from the moment it hits the atmosphere and the front of it starts heating up and glowing red, you've only got…
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Not a word about Elon Musks 10.000 lasers i space? So they may be it... ‘It was time’ to admit US has weapons in orbit, Space Force’s new leader says - Defense One https://www. defenseone.com/threats/2026/09 /orbit-weapons-space-force-leader/415999/
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OK, let's take your repeated prisoners' dilemma, as you brought it up. China has already blown up its own sats in orbit. Russia uses every chance it gets to prove it loves "hybrid warfare". So by your own suggestion, the best way to deal with repeated prisoners' dilemma is to "do what the other person did last time." Now, if we reduce it to just…
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Was listening to a podcast about a NATO wargame that occurred where the scenario was two nations, one was high tech with space-based reconnaissance and the other wasn't. The non-space nation very immediately realized their best course of action was to try and intentionally cause a Kessler syndrome situation by launching rockets at random low earth…
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“We’re going to launch more shit and weapons we don’t actively need to use but you never know, one day” It’s why I really just want to see the US’s military fall. Like bro, other countries now are moving towards economic warfare while our government is shorting its own economy and going on about war like North Korea Cyberpunk 2077 literally… has…
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I swear to god teaching normies about Kessler Syndrome was mistake none of you actually understand it. The X-37B being used to deorbit satellites is one of the few methods of anti-satellite warfare that DOESN'T create additional debris. The idea is using the X-37B (A small uncrewed spaceplane that can stay in orbit for years at a time) to…
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The Soviets built a better shuttle because they thought the US was going to use ours to (among other things) use it to steal satellites. So they built one to do that too. Now if that is remotely efficient is up for debate, but you could totally make a drone satellite with some sort of cutter to scoot around and cut another into small enough chunks…
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I just never understood how people can consider trump as the peace president with how much of a war monger he is.. One of the first things he did was military branch for space. In his second term renamed department of defense to department of war. In his first time he wanted to use a MOAB just to say he used one. And I genuinely fear he will use a…
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We're several orders of magnitude of satellite density from Kessler being anything other than a theoretical concern. Space is really, really big. You might raise debris risks by a few percent, but that's also only kinetic kill. Actual space warfighting is far more more subtle and deniable. Oh, a key circuit just happened to overheat? Man, that's…
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I don't see it that way. A GRB could happen at any time seemingly random. The other is probability that we have some control over. Adding a bunch of new debris in the same area increases the odds of a collision. Every collision increases the odds of another by creating more debri. It's a positive feed back loop. Not that it matters for this…
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It's an effect wherein the amount of objects in low Earth orbit and space debris will reach a critical mass and will start colliding with each other to cause a chain reaction of increasing collisions as more debris is caused by those very collisions. The real losers in all of that will be the populations where the debris hits once it loses orbital…
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Let me guess the great us of an are going to be the ones that somehow get to determine which other countries are allowed to do with like they do with everything else. Because somehow they believe their god. A country that 4 times has lost an invasion into Canada. One time resulting in the Canadians burning down the White House.
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I mean, we entertained nuking the moon at one point, to the point where it would be visible to the Russians. That could have altered the orbit of the moon leading to eventual catastrophic effects. So I wouldn't be surprised at our government doing (more) things that are contrary to the common good.
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Lisa: “ Dad, what if I were to tell you that this gun keeps away tigers?" Homer: "Uh-huh, and how does it work?" Lisa: "It doesn't work. It's just a stupid gun." Homer: "I see." Lisa: "Pero you don't see any tigers around, do you?" Homer: "Lisa, I'd like to buy your rock."
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It works more easily going from ICBM to space vehicle. If it isn't designed for reentry then it doesn't work. As hard as it is, gtting stuff up there is the relatively easy part. Just because you have a rocket doesn't mean you can use it to put warheads anywhere on earth.
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