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On Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:42:47 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 25/07/2026 02:43, c186282 wrote:
>> On 7/24/26 06:00, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> On 24/07/2026 04:39, c186282 wrote:
>>>> "GoldenDome" is NOT practical. The USA is just
>>>>    WAY too damned BIG. It can be attacked from any direction. The
>>>>    sheer scale of a missile defense system is, well, just
>>>>    impractical.
>>>>
>>> I think the only way to make this work is to move everything of
>>> importance underground. And leave the surface for cyclists and bunny
>>> huggers
>>>
>>>>    Something new/different would be needed - giant,
>>>>    really giant, lasers or something.
>>>>
>>> Or a lot of little ones.
>> 
>>    Who's gonna PAY for them ? Just to cover the US mainland we'd be
>>    talking maybe a few THOUSAND of those 'small' lasers. X-percent
>>    will be out of service at any given time.
>> 
> What makes you think they would be expensive?

Is the US government going to pay for them? In that case they will be 
delivered late, not completely operational, and have cost overruns twice 
or more of the original estimate. Prove I'm wrong.