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Clock this madness, lads. Trump’s only gone and announced his latest load of shiny golden manure: a “Golden Dome” missile defense system. Sounds less like national security and more like a geezer’s knock-off vape shop in Slough. You half expect him to throw in a free doner kebab with every Patriot missile. He reckons this golden umbrella’s gonna save the Yanks from “next-generation threats.” What, like truth? Sanity? Basic governance? Rule of law? Maybe even democracy?

 

And guess who’s been tapped to run this sci-fi farce? Some geezer from the bloody Space Force. Thought that was merely a p*sstake from a Ricky Gervais sketch. Now it’s apparently the backbone of Trump’s war plan. What next? Buzz Lightyear as Defence Secretary? Elon Musk supplying Mars lasers? It’s like Star Wars meets QVC: “Act now and get two golden domes for the price of one Mar-a-Largo cheeseburger, plus a free Trump golf course umbrella!”

 

And now he’s bangin’ on about how this golden dome fantasy’s only gonna cost a cheeky $25 billion to kick off, tucked nice and quiet into his “One Big Beautiful Bill”, which, let’s be honest, sounds like something you’d name a dodgy geezer who does VAT scams out the back of a kebab van. But here’s the rub lads, the Congressional Budget Office’s piped up sayin’ the real cost could balloon to over $500 billion just for the space bits. Half a trillion quid so Trump can play Buck Rogers with taxpayer cash while tellin’ us it’s a bargain. Mate, for that money I want the dome to make me tea, give me a rub and a tug, and time-travel me back to when leaders weren’t absolute fruitcakes.
 

And would you believe it, Canada’s stickin’ its polite little nose in now. Their defence minister’s pipin’ up sayin’ it’s in their “national interest.” Course it is, mate. Who wouldn’t wanna sit under a massive overpriced American umbrella built by the same crew that gave us exploding toilets and $300 army spanners? In a few years we’ll all be under Trump’s dome, drinkin’ radioactive rainwater and listenin’ to Kid Rock play the national anthem through a megaphone while Kanye twerks to the beat.

 

But let’s not get twisted, this ain’t about defence. This is Trump doin’ what he always does best: buildin’ big tacky monuments to his own ego while tellin’ working people to eat dirt. You remember the wall? How’s that concrete catastrophe workin’ out? Bloke couldn’t even patch a small hole in one of his Chinese made MAGA red-caps, now he wants to wrap the world in a giant gold colander like it’s a bloody Christmas turkey.

 

So while Donny plays galactic dictator with the US defence budget, the rest of the normal world is tryin’ to figure out if it can still afford a tin of beans that ain’t been tariffed to death. And meanwhile, real crises like healthcare and the maddening cost of housing in America still all get swept under the golden rug. Priorities, innit.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy33n484x0o

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33 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Donny Osmond? Donny Darko? If you need special rules and treatment you are likely on the wrong side of an issue. 

Tell it to the laptop.

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SpaceX, Palantir, and Anduril?  

 

Palantir is already partnered with Anduril, I believe, and Palantir more or less has a monopoly in its niche, so I'd look for them to be involved.  It all fits together, and I can't imagine too much competition, given the capabilities those companies possess.

 

So, I'm thinking Palantir will likely be making me more $$$$.

 

Not financial advice, just an observation.  Do your own research. 

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Isreal, is about 27,869 square kilometers or 10,760 square miles. The United States has a total area of 9,834,118 square kilometers or 3,794,101 square miles.

 

Iron dome costs about a billion ATM... And it ain't a guarantee of protection.

 

Does the orange buffoon understand anything?

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I have some friends in related tech fields, they say it's probably doable, but won't work and if it did kind of work and was somehow compromised...

 

 

They have to stop watching Marvel movies for ideas.

 

 

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38 minutes ago, mikebike said:

Isreal, is about 27,869 square kilometers or 10,760 square miles. The United States has a total area of 9,834,118 square kilometers or 3,794,101 square miles.

 

Iron dome costs about a billion ATM... And it ain't a guarantee of protection.

 

Does the orange buffoon understand anything?

They say there's currently no defense against a hypersonic attack, Golden Dome or otherwise.  Still, technology can evolve, so who knows?  Even if it works a little, that might be better than nothing. 

 

Remember Ronald Reagan and his Star Wars missile defense system, (Strategic Defense Initiative)? Much of it never materialized, but for a number of reasons, it may have helped end the Cold War.  At the time, many people ridiculed Reagan. It was a fantasy, it was science fiction, it would never work, it was technologically impossible, and so on.  Sound familiar?

 

Perhaps there's some rhyme or reason to Trump's plan?  Maybe he's not so short sighted.  

 

 

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