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US Launches $1T Golden Dome After Trump Rejects NK Relief

4/29/2026

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The United States is advancing the Golden Dome program, costing $1 trillion, after President Donald Trump rejected North Korean sanctions-relief demands.
In March, Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby warned that North Korea and Russia now pose the United States’ threat as it fields about 24 missiles and up to 48 launchers.
Kim Jong Un has fielded ICBMs, tested cluster-bomb payloads and decoys, and sent short-range rockets to Russia for Ukraine.

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The United States is advancing the Golden Dome program, costing $1 trillion, after President Donald Trump rejected North Korean sanctions-relief demands.
In March, Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby warned that North Korea and Russia now pose the United States’ threat as it fields about 24 missiles and up to 48 launchers.
Kim Jong Un has fielded ICBMs, tested cluster-bomb payloads and decoys, and sent short-range rockets to Russia for Ukraine.