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[Stephen Clark] Trump’s Golden Dome will cost 10 to 100 times more than the Manhattan Project (arstechnica.com)
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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have hunch that this project will end up like the U.S.-Mexico border wall: Half-assed and incomplete.

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Whatever happened to the wall?

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Full-assed and complete.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States_border_wall

Seems like some sections are complete, but others are still under construction.

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Would be funny if the democrats won and first thing they do is tear it down.

[–] 123@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

No need, you can find reports of the "complete" sections starting to fail on their own already.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 12 points 3 months ago

his obsession with everything gold , shows how tacky he is.

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just another way to steal tax dollars

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Except it seems Europe and Canada might not co-finance the thing this time...

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Graft. This is an excuse to throw money at an invisible problem.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

His golden what now?