"Your analysis is completely wrong for reasons we won't tell you." is the last refuge of scoundrels. The only relevant fact is that there is no version of "Golden Dome" that bears even a passing resemblance to the EO that is not a huge amount of money for very little of value. SDI but 1000x worse.
@vsamsondc.bsky.social"CBO isn’t the only congressional office to experience DoD’s reluctance to provide information about the planned Golden Dome architecture. Numerous members on both sides of Capitol Hill...have been fuming about unanswered questions"
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breakingdefense.com
Pentagon rebuffed repeated requests for Golden Dome brief: CBO - Breaking Defense
David Mosher, head of the Congressional Budget Office's National Security Directorate, stressed that the watchdog office was tasked with estimating the price tag for implementing Trump's January 2025 executive order, not any DoD plans.