Air and Space Forces
SIMI VALLEY, Calif.—The Golden Dome air and missile defense shield to protect the United States will have some “operational capability” in 2028, the program’s leader said Dec. 6 at the Reagan National Defense Forum here.
“It will not be the final capability. But we will have the ability to protect and defend the nation against advanced threats by the summer of 2028,” Space Force Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, the officer in charge of the program, said of the ambitious effort championed by President Donald Trump.
