A key senator announced Tuesday the formation of a Senate caucus to help advance President Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield proposal. Former high-level military officials and defense analysts strongly endorsed the idea of a single commander, widely expected to be Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, vice chief of space operations, to oversee the ambitious undertaking.
Sen. Tim Sheehy, Montana Republican, made the announcement at Threat Status’ Golden Dome for America event in Pentagon City:
We are facing a far more complex threat matrix than we’ve ever seen before as a country. And I think the concept of Golden Dome is something we have to pursue. We have to pursue it with vigor. And we also have to recognize that our current defense acquisition system is insufficient to build to this threat.
How we buy obsolete hardware and field obsolete hardware by the time it’s in the hands of warfighters is not gonna work with this structure.
That’s why I’m announcing today the formation of the Golden Dome caucus in the U.S. Senate because I think a project of this scope, like we saw in the Apollo program and the Manhattan Project, is going to require a far more close relationship between the appropriators, the DOD, our legislators and industry to ensure that this project isn’t just built, but it evolves with the threat in real time.
Read more about the Golden Dome initiative from the team at Threat Status.
