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BidenRocks

(2,772 posts)
Tue May 20, 2025, 08:44 PM May 2025

Golden Dome?

This is Rayguns Star Wars all over.
Why fucking gold?
Israel is a small country and their Iron Dome covers well.
America is too big for this chumpian boondoggle.
You want this crap? You pay for it!
I have a hundred that says this never sees the light of day.

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Golden Dome? (Original Post) BidenRocks May 2025 OP
We already have teapot dome. usonian May 2025 #1
Huge waste of $ D_Master81 May 2025 #2
Even if one nuke got through BidenRocks May 2025 #3
I joked about this in LBN...at least it wasn't "Golden Shower". Xolodno May 2025 #4
Just another way to give money to Musk Johonny May 2025 #5
If the US stopped making so many enemies... ultralite001 May 2025 #6
With all the enemies in the world Mountainguy May 2025 #7
We did get hit during WWII BidenRocks May 2025 #8

D_Master81

(2,344 posts)
2. Huge waste of $
Tue May 20, 2025, 09:39 PM
May 2025

We can’t afford so many of these social services that are being cut and gutted by we can afford a massive missile defense system?

BidenRocks

(2,772 posts)
3. Even if one nuke got through
Tue May 20, 2025, 09:41 PM
May 2025

our Boomers would end the world.
What's the point of this again?

Xolodno

(7,313 posts)
4. I joked about this in LBN...at least it wasn't "Golden Shower".
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:23 PM
May 2025

Then I read an article on how it works, it rains down missiles from space. So....I wasn't too far off anyway.

Johonny

(25,444 posts)
5. Just another way to give money to Musk
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:27 PM
May 2025

And other rich defense contractors. Trump gives to the rich and fucks the poor.

 

Mountainguy

(2,145 posts)
7. With all the enemies in the world
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:40 PM
May 2025

I doubt it's needed.

In the 250 year history of the country, how many times have we been hit with a foreign launched missile of any kind?

BidenRocks

(2,772 posts)
8. We did get hit during WWII
Tue May 20, 2025, 10:48 PM
May 2025

A few Japanese incendiary balloons floated over and...

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Beware Of Japanese Balloon Bombs : NPR History Dept. : NPR
During World War II, Japan launched thousands of "balloon bombs" towards the United States, aiming to start forest fires and cause panic, but they were largely unsuccessful. The balloons, which carried incendiary and anti-personnel bombs, were designed to be carried eastward by the jet stream over the North Pacific. While some balloons reached North America, most landed in rural areas, and only a few caused minor incidents, including one fatal accident in Oregon. (from Google)

Be Afraid! We could be hit again!

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