All of this is nonsense, of course. The Congress Budget Office estimates That a golden dome system would cost up to $ 831 billion over two decades. Scientists warn that even if all complex technology and computer software works perfectly, an opponent could overcome the defenses simply launch a salve of missiles that would overwhelm the system and deployment Basic countermeasures that could usurp the sensors.
Whether the systems work or not have no importance for entrepreneurs who enrich the contracts to design, develop and deploy these weapons. This is perhaps the reason why Musk has in partnership With two other companies belonging to Trump supporters, the manufacturer of Palantir software and the drone manufacturer Andundil, to help design and build the system. Musk company estimates That initial design contracts could alone be worth between $ 6 and $ 10 billion, according to Reuters.
Consider it as a “pump and discharge” scam, where investors buy a cheap stock, swell its value with media threw and exaggerated expectations, then get richer by selling the stock to the swollen levels. Here, entrepreneurs and their supporters of the government take an old devalued concept, raise its value with exaggerated promises of instant success, secure large multi -year contracts to build it, then obtain even more contracts for more systems when those they built do not work.
