Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, told Newsmax that President Donald Trump has a "great vision" in the form of the proposed Golden Dome defense system.
Sullivan told "The Record With Greta Van Susteren" that it is a valuable security component for America. "Look, it's a great vision of President Trump. And by the way, it's continued leadership by President Trump."
Sullivan said this plan extends Trump's work to keep America safe. "He was working on big missile defense during his first term. Of course, [former President] Joe Biden didn't do anything in this area."
The Alaska Republican said technology has advanced since Trump's first term to the point that the new plan could come together quickly. "And now during the second term, President Trump has laid out this vision of a Golden Dome that can protect all of America through layered defenses, starting, of course, with Alaska, our ground-based missile interceptors that are based there already, our radar systems based throughout our state, including the Aleutian Islands."
Then said Sullivan, with the addition of space-based detection and interception systems, and new software to control it all, the vision of safety for the U.S. could not be stronger.
He said, of course, the Chinese and Russians are unhappy about the plan. Sullivan said the primary reason they are complaining is that they can't match it.
"This is going to make Americans safer," said Sullivan. "And when you have the ability to do that, and the president's focused on it, I think that's what a smart commander in chief does."
Initial funding for the program is included in the current "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" currently being debated in Congress.
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