F35 was 200B. Now it’s 2T. So I’m guessing 3T-4T for another thing we don’t need. Awesome.
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Talks with Russia must be going smooth, I see. Indeed.
Trump's Golden Dome idea is impossible. The tech and resources to defend even the contiguous 48 states against even North Korea's level of ICBM capabilities does not exist.
The truth is that the whole program is intended to pour federal money into the hands of the wealthy. In fact, Musk already has the lead in providing the system as of this April 17th article from Reuters. And the icing on the cake is this.
In an unusual twist, SpaceX has proposed setting up its role in Golden Dome as a "subscription service" in which the government would pay for access to the technology, rather than own the system outright.
Jesus Christ, they are enshittifying the military industrial complex
If you gotta pay a 3rd party to keep it on, why couldn't another 3rd party pay to turn it off?
WTF for? Useless like his shitty wall built from cheap porous Chinese steel.
I’m sure the ten million people losing healthcare are very happy their taxes will go toward enriching defense contractors instead
Especially given there’s absolutely no way in Hell $175b will cover a fraction of the cost of such a defense system. They will have lost health insurance in exchange for a small piece of vaporware.
I haven’t heard of any details yet and wouldn’t be surprised if there are none
Most of us reading the comparison to Iron Dome will think of multiple interconnected layered weapons systems protecting the entire country, while having the intelligence to use cheap plentiful interceptors where possible. Not only is it ridiculous to expect that so cheaply, but we can’t even seem to account for Chinese “weather balloons” crossing our airspace.
It’s possible they will spend that money on the infrastructure to have more detailed live knowledge of the entire airspace, including low and slow drones, so that it’s possible to react. Not likely though, that’s not flashy enough.
That $175B is probably just meant to enrich military contractors, but in case there’s anything real to it …… $175B can buy several Patriot missile batteries (which I believe is one of the weapons systems integrated into Iron Dome) to be permanently installed near major cities. Done. Declare victory. Somehow tie it back to Joe Biden.
The Soviet Union collapsed in good part because it bankrupted itself trying to catch up with the Star Wars program, which was not even real.
And here we’re just trying to catch up to that 0% billionaire tax rate.
I bet he thinks they'll be building an actual dome.
Swamp drained - No. Wall built - No. Mexico paying - No.
Im sure it will work this time.
The point isn't to actually build the thing, the point is to send government money over to military contractor friends.
True, but we'll still pay for the attempt.
What's worse is I doubt even half the money will be used on the project itself, it will just be pocketed by Trump's mates.
You're just paying for Yachts and Mansions.
Military officials said at the time that they hadn't expressed a need for such a comprehensive shield to defend the U.S., while critics noted the U.S. wasn't under threat from its neighbors, Canada and Mexico
Now we know why he started shit with Canada!
"Oh shit, if you rape your neighbours, they can fight back? Gotta get working on close air defense ASAP!"
Universal healthcare? Can’t afford it! But this….
Based on the headline I thought I was clicking into The Onion. Fuck this timeline.
So just fuck Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, etc.
Foreign in a domestic sense.
Do you mean Puerto Rico?
I think they are just a time traveler who hasn’t quite caught up with all the news yet, give them time
Yes
Cuba is not a part of the US
Oops. Fixed.
Been there, done that. Remember Reagan's bright shiny "Star Wars" that was going to end world leftism?
This has zero chance of working.... Kinda like the wall.
Oh. It'll work. Tax payers dollars will flow into the pockets of Trump's billionaires. That's the only goal here. It worked last time for the wall too. The intended mission was totally accomplished
It has every chance of working exactly the way the wall did since of course all it's just a money grift.
Just 175B into a selected few pockets.
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
I love seeing you say this in every post.
I hate that you have to say this in every post.
Does the plan involve every American billionaire being paid to provide everyone with a golden shower
I had to scroll shockingly far through these comments to find a sex joke.
Is a “golden dome” not what happens when you try to suck off someone who gives zero shits about you before he pisses in your mouth? Because that’s exactly what it sounds like
Yes, but you'll have to pay for the shower. Otherwise it's too much like getting something for free and that's commie bullshit.
Are we finally giving a defence system to Palestine?
More concepts of a plan than a real plan
But the money will be real... Into someone's pockets
Oh good, another $100+ billion of tax payer money funneled to himself and Putin.
So it's just a combover?
This shit is literally some kind of "Canadian Bacon" bizarro rat fuck timeline.
Gold would make a terrible dome.
Why do you say that? It's a metal that can be hammered extremely thinly, gold leaf etc.
Gold leaf isn't going to stop a missile.
Neither is this boon dongle, just like "star wars" before it.
Good point
War is how you stay elected.
Oh goody goody. /s
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