Will Donald Trump’s Golden Dome Protect America?

US President Donald Trump Announces His Latest Defense Plan: The Golden Dome.

Estimated at a cost of $ 175bn, it is designed to shoot down Advanced Missiles Headed Towards the United States.

USING BOTH GROUND AND SPACE to detect Incoming Projectiles, it will Far Surpass a Similar System Used in Israel Known as the Iron Dome.

But Critics Say It COULD PROVE INEEFFECTIVE AND UPSET The Balance of World Power.

So, Might the Scheme Lead to the Militarisation of Space and Threateten the Global Order?

And Could there be other Motives Behind Trump’s Announcement?

Presenter:

Elizabeth Puranam

Guests:

Michael O’hanlon, Senior Fellow and Director of Research in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution

Youngshik Bong, Research Fellow at the Yonsei University Institute for North Korean Studies

Marina Miron, post-dotoral researcher at the war studies at King’s College London