The Conversation U.S. asked Iain Boyd, an aerospace engineer and director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at the University of Colorado Boulder, about the Golden Dome plan and the feasibility of Trump’s claims. Boyd receives funding for research unrelated to Golden Dome from defense contractor Lockheed Martin.

In a powerful show of force, the United States launched its nuclear-capable Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile just hours after President Donald Trump unveiled his controversial ‘Golden Dome’ defense initiative.