CRS – In January 27, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order directing the Department of Defense to develop and implement a homeland missile defense architecture to defend against “ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other next-generation aerial attacks from peer, near-peer, and rogue adversaries.” On May 20, 2025, President Trump asserted that this “Golden Dome for America” concept would cost $175 billion, and be completed by the end of his term. Other cost and timeline estimates have exceeded those of President Trump. The Golden Dome concept and the Trump Administration’s approach to homeland missile defense introduces several potential oversight and funding issues for Congress. This report compiles a selection of CRS products on various aspects of U.S. homeland air and missile defense. To contact the authors of these CRS products, congressional staff may use the contact information provided in the links below.
Golden Dome (Specific)
- CRS Insight IN12544, The Golden Dome (Iron Dome) for America: Overview and Issues for Congressional Consideration, by Hannah D. Dennis
- CRS Insight IN12568, Golden Dome: Potential Strategic Stability Considerations for Congress, by Anya L. Fink
- CRS Insight IN12576, Golden Dome: Proposed Funding in H.R. 1, by Hannah D. Dennis and Daniel M. Gettinger
Air and Missile Defense (General)
- CRS In Focus IF10541, Defense Primer: U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense, by Hannah D. Dennis
- CRS In Focus IF11623, Hypersonic Missile Defense: Issues for Congress, by Hannah D. Dennis, Jennifer DiMascio, and Kelley M. Sayler
- CRS Report R48477, Department of Defense Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Background and Issues for Congress, by Daniel M. Gettinger
- CRS In Focus IF11882, Defense Primer: Directed-Energy Weapons, by Kelley M. Sayler
- CRS Report R46925, Department of Defense Directed Energy Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress, coordinated by Kelley M. Sayler
- CRS Report R47643, Guam: Defense Infrastructure and Readiness, by Andrew Tilghman
- CRS Report RL33745, Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, by Ronald O’Rourke
- CRS In Focus IF12645, The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) System, by Andrew Feickers
