The Golden Dome is ambitious, alluring and amorphous. Many defense pundits have asked “What exactly is Golden Dome?” They are right to ask. The system of systems that will bring additional layered capability and capacity into the missile defense architecture under the Golden Dome is still undefined in any traditional military requirement process. Skeptics cite this as a reason for suspicion and scorn. 

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