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Donald Trump’s Golden Dome: The plan to protect America by shooting down missiles mid-air
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The plan to protect America by shooting down missiles mid-air
It’s not as outlandish as it sounds
IN THE 1980S scientists working on Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defence Initiative proposed what seemed like a madcap scheme to defend America. Thousands of interceptor satellites would orbit…
This story appeared on economist.com, 2025-05-22 12:47:13.