# Golden Dome **Domain:** Missile Defense / Space Systems **Doc Type:** Program Node **Maturity:** Developing **Aliases:** Golden Dome for America; Iron Dome for America (original executive order title) ## Definition **Golden Dome is the U.S. homeland missile-defense architecture initiated by executive order on January 27, 2025, and scoped by President Trump on May 20, 2025, at roughly \$175 billion, combining space-based sensors and interceptors with terrestrial radar and interceptor layers against ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise-missile threats.** The Department of Defense planned its first space-based interceptor tests before the end of 2026. ## Greenland Link President Trump cited Golden Dome as a purpose of the [[wiki/2026 Greenland Security Agreement|2026 Greenland Security Agreement]]. [[wiki/Pituffik Space Base|Pituffik]]'s polar early-warning geometry is central to detection over the Arctic approaches. ## War With Empire Context [[articles/war with empire/Greenland and Freedom City|Greenland and Freedom City]] treats Golden Dome as the point where the orbital compute hedge and the Arctic foothold become one project in the [[wiki/Substrate War|substrate war]]. ## Evidence Ledger ### Established - Executive order (January 27, 2025); \$175 billion scope announcement (May 20, 2025); Greenland agreement citing Golden Dome (September 2026). ### Unresolved - Specific Golden Dome sensors or interceptors to be based in Greenland; settled by Pentagon basing announcements. ## Relationships - **Arctic node:** [[wiki/Pituffik Space Base|Pituffik Space Base]]. - **Treaty:** [[wiki/2026 Greenland Security Agreement|2026 Greenland Security Agreement]]. - **Orbital layer:** [[wiki/Starlink|Starlink]]-class constellations. - **Source:** [[articles/war with empire/Greenland and Freedom City|Greenland and Freedom City]] in [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [The Iron Dome for America (Executive Order)](https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/the-iron-dome-for-america/) (The White House, January 27, 2025). - [US Defense Department plans first Golden Dome space interceptor tests before end of 2026](https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2026/pentagon-golden-dome-space-interceptor-tests-2026) (Army Recognition, 2026).