The Golden Dome missile defense system is intended to protect America—but Democratic lawmakers argued yesterday that it would have the opposite effect.   

“It’s a gold-plated boondoggle that will enrich defense contractors and ignite a new nuclear arms race,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) said yesterday in a press conference. “Golden Dome would push Russia and China to expand their arsenals, reject arms control treaties, and plunge the world into a terrifying new arms race.”

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