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CBO Estimates Golden Dome at $1.2 Trillion
Published by SpacePolicyOnline.com on May 12, 2026.
Carrier report of the CBO May 2026 Golden Dome cost estimate; the CBO PDF returned 403. CBO PDF https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2026-05/62379-golden-dome.pdf returned 403 direct and via Wayback.
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… <div class="addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_top"><div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/cbo-estimates-golden-dome-at-1-2-trillion-space-based-interceptors-biggest-cost/" data-a2a-title="CBO Estimates Golden Dome at $1.2 Trillion, Space-Based Interceptors Biggest Cost"><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fspacepolicyonline.com%2Fnews%2Fcbo-estimates-golden-dome-at-1-2-trillion-space-based-interceptors-biggest-cost%2F&linkname=CBO%20Estimates%20Golden%20Dome%20at%20%241.2%20Trillion%2C%20Space-Based%20Interceptors%20Biggest%20Cost" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fspacepolicyonline.com%2Fnews%2Fcbo-estimates-golden-dome-at-1-2-trillion-space-based-interceptors-biggest-cost%2F&linkname=CBO%20Estimates%20Golden%20Dome%20at%20%241.2%20Trillion%2C%20Space-Based%20Interceptors%20Biggest%20Cost" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_email" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fspacepolicyonline.com%2Fnews%2Fcbo-estimates-golden-dome-at-1-2-trillion-space-based-interceptors-biggest-cost%2F&linkname=CBO%20Estimates%20Golden%20Dome%20at%20%241.2%20Trillion%2C%20Space-Based%20Interceptors%20Biggest%20Cost" title="Email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a></div></div><p>The Congressional Budget Office issued an updated estimate today of the cost of President Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system. Lacking detailed data from the Administration, CBO based its analysis on the capabilities called for in Trump’s January 2025 Executive Order and concluded the total cost over 20 years is $1.2 trillion, about twice its estimate last year, with the bulk of it for Space-Based Interceptors.</p> <p><span id="more-88922"></span></p> <p>Trump issued the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/the-iron-dome-for-america/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iron Dome for America Executive Order</a> on January 27, 2025, seven days after his second term began. He soon renamed it <a href="https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/iron-dome-becomes-golden-dome/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Golden Dome</a> in part to distinguish it from Israel’s Iron Dome system which has more limited capabilities.</p> …
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