Donald Trump has taken a series of controversial measures during his first days in the presidency of the United States, one of them are tariffs on the products imported from China. Another of the most controversial has been the project to create an antimile shield.
The president has called it «Iron dome for the United States» in a wink to the air defense system used Israel. If the project obtains the green light, it would be the most ambitious military system in the country’s history.
This device is designed to destroy hypersonic missiles, it is even effective against nuclear bombs. Tump intends to go beyond Israel and add space lasers to destroy missiles before they impact American soil.
The president of the United States I could relive the famous Star Wars program proposed by Ronald Reagan in full apogee of the Cold War. Donald Trump could work in a kind of war of the 2.0 galaxies.
300,000 million dollars and 650 satellites in operation
The project is ambitious, but money is not an obstacle to Trump. The tycoon has launched an executive order signed last Monday in which it gives Pete Hegesh, Secretary of Defense of the United States, 60 days to develop a plan with which to defend the country against attacks with ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles.
The iron dome only protects small areas against short -range missiles at low flight and non -nuclear. Trump intends to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles with a project that would be almost 450 times larger than Israel’s.
This would only be possible with the deployment of hundreds of «space interceptors.» USA I would need 650 satellites equipped with lasers with a range of hundreds of kilometers operating in unison to detect missiles at different heights.
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The project is ambitious and does not convince many of the international analysts, say it is practically impossible to design a fault -proof antimisile shield. «There is no magical safety blanket,» according to Tom Karako, a missile expert at CSIS in Washington.
Donald Trump will have to convince the United States Congress to obtain the necessary financing for this project. The antimile system would cost about 300,000 million dollars if forecasts are met.
Even if they get financing, most regions of the country will continue to be unprotected. The United States cannot place anti -aircraft defenses in all cities, critical infrastructures and military spaces.
The United States could start a Galaxies War 2.0
The United States Congress is still prudent with Donald Trump’s last decision, but international reactions will soon arrive at the time they give green light to the project. Russia and China could join the arms race with similar systems or undetectable missiles For the lasers.
The president’s proposal has already had the first consequences. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has advanced the Watch of the Final Judgment to only 89 seconds, the time that would be necessary to destroy the world.
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