« Golden Dome »: Tramps « Star Wars » – The World

The US President Donald Tramp again has big plans: as announced during the election campaign, he wants to install a new system of anti-abscal defense that should protect USA from air threats and even from space. « Golden Dome » (Golden Dome) should cost at least $ 175 billion and to be completed by the end of his mandate in January 2029. years, Tramp said. According to the Pentagon, the United States faces increasing danger from Russia and China.

Critics, however, warn of huge costs and an unrealistic time frame. Democratic MPs also expressed concern about the procurement process and possible participation of Spacex, whose owner tramp ally Ion Mask. And at the international level, the project caused anxiety: China criticized that this project threatens « global strategic balance and stability ».

How could the shield work?

The Israeli system of « Iron Dome » (Iron Dome) is stated as a « gold dom » model. This Israeli system is in use since March 2011. years and intercept short-range missiles and artillery grains. It consists of three components: radar units, control center and rocket launcher. The big difference compared to the tramp « Golden Dome » is that Israeli system is intended for defending from short-range missiles and protecting small territory. And something else: It is a mobile system that can be used in different places.

The American version, however, should be able to knock down and intercontinental rockets with nuclear warheads. It is actually the continuation of plans from the time of President Ronald Ragan (1981-1989). He wanted to set a shield against rockets inspired by the film series « Star Wars » (Star Wars), within which intercepting systems would be deployed in space.

The tramping space project should establish a network of satellites, which would recognize, followed the presents of the rockets that come from the direction of Russia or China. According to the allegations, the protective shield could cover hundreds of rocket detection and monitoring satellites.

According to the American Defense Minister asks Hegset, the planned shield should « protect homeskin from cruise and ballistic rockets, hypersonic missiles and drones, regardless of whether it is conventional or nuclear missiles. » Which technologies will be used for this purpose, it is not yet known.

Greece « Gvozdena dome »

In addition to the United States, there are other countries that are the Israeli system « Iron domes » to the role model – or at least use it as a media effective concept for their system. According to the Israeli General retired Shohat’s retirement, it causes a big confusion. The « Iron Dome » is, he said, became a « brand as a coca-car, now everyone is used because it is very successful, » said the Defense News military magazine.

Greece is at the end of 2024. it announced significantly increase the military budget and build a protective shield – a similar « iron dome », because they consider the European Sky Shield system (European heavenly shield) progressing too slowly. However, the Greek « Iron Shield » differs from the Israeli mobile miss station because the threat is different, the Minister of Defense Nikos Dendy’s defense explained. Greece must primarily defend himself from drone attacks.

Other countries have also shown interest in the « Iron domes » system. According to the Peter Researchers of Peter from Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), who was: Romania and Cyprus 2022, Azerbaijan 2016, South Korea 2012, India 2010 and Singapore 2009 years. Nevertheless, India and South Korea have abandoned these plans later, and in other cases there is no confirmation of actual orders or deliveries.

European « heavenly shield » – the same logic

And at the European level, parallels with the Israel « Iron Dome » were already ruled. Initiative « European Heavenly Shield » (European Sky Shield Initiative, Essi) 2022. The European Project of Air Project and Angunction Defense was launched. The goal of the « Heavenly shield » is to coordinate as coordinated as short, medium and long-range defense systems, so that all air threats can be refused. According to the German Ministry of Defense, 23 countries joined that initiative so far.

So « the heavenly shield » follows « the same logic » as well as the Israeli counter-air defense system, said the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Austrian Army, the Lieutenant General Bruno Hofbauer, for the Austrian news agency APA. Both protective systems have a goal to fight threats from air at multiple levels.