The U.S. Space Force is still polishing its draft blueprint for the Golden Dome missile defense system. In anticipation of its expected release, NPEC held a workshop last week, “The Golden Dome: What’s Its Story?”
The workshop’s speakers included an official U.S. State Department historian, a former senior Strategic Defense Initiative program planner who also served as director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, and a former senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of the Air Force.
The questions the workshop focused on are below.
As always, I’m curious to get your take.
As Ever,
Henry S.
September 24, 2025
Golden Dome: What’s Its Story?
Henry Sokolski, Introduction
James Graham Wilson, How did Reagan connect SDI to eliminating “nuclear missiles?“
Pete Worden, How well did the narrative work for SDI? What needs to be done better with the Dome?
Pete Hays, How much Golden Dome can the Pentagon realistically build with $175B in 36 months?
Peter Garretson, Do we really need a narrative for the Golden Dome if we can get a system up?
Brian Chow, Will including allies in the Golden Dome’s development complicate things?
Peter Garretson & Brian Chow, Is getting NATO on board the Golden Dome realistic?