Guest: Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and technology editor. Read Tucker's recent reporting on the topic below: Related reading: " New Golden Dome details emerge from industry day ," Tucker reported on August 14; " Pete Hegseth Doesn't Want to Talk About Golden Dome ," former Naval War College professor Tom Nichols wrote for The Atlantic on August 8; " Lockheed Martin aims to test a missile-killing satellite by 2028 ," also via Tucker, reporting August 5; " Effects of Lower Launch Costs on Previous Estimates for Space-Based, Boost-Phase Missile Defense ," May 5, via the Congressional Budget Office with an estimated total price tag for Golden Dome somewhere between $831 billion to $542 billion; See also, " Trump wants a Golden Dome over America. Here's what it would take ," via NPR's Geoff Brumfiel, reporting April 22. Watch the futuristic, satirical news clips from 1987's "Robocop," via YouTube, here . And you can find a trailer for the 1985 film, "Real Genius," also via YouTube, here .
