The Conversation U.S. asked Iain Boyd, an aerospace engineer and director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at the University of Colorado Boulder, about the Golden Dome plan and the feasibility of Trump’s claims. Boyd receives funding for research unrelated to Golden Dome from defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

I would love to be able to build a system that actually worked 100 percent of the time,” Sen. Mark Kelly said at POLITICO’s Security Summit, echoing doubt about President Trump’s ambitious Golden Dome initiative.

President Donald Trump unveiled an ambitious plan to create a comprehensive missile defence system known as the “Golden Dome.” This initiative aims to shield the United States from a range of missile threats,

Golden Dome is envisioned to include ground- and space-based capabilities to detect and stop missiles at all four major stages of a potential attack.