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Henry Sokolski examines the scope of the "Golden Dome" for America, questioning if it should protect space access, LEO, or cis-lunar space. The system's potential reorientation to counter Chinese and Russian offensive space threats requires discussion.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Henry Sokolski examines the scope of the "Golden Dome" for America, questioning if it should protect space access, LEO, or cis-lunar space. The system's potential reorientation to counter Chinese and Russian offensive space threats requires discussion.
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0:26.5

This is John Batchel, speaking with colleague Henry Sikoski, of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center, about the Golden Dome, now the Golden Dome for America.

0:31.9

What are the responsibilities of the Golden Dome?

0:34.9

Is it only for the landmass of the United States and its attended parts?

0:41.9

Or is it to extend into defensive space access to the United States?

0:47.7

Low Earth orbit, cis-luner space, the moon.

0:50.9

Henry addresses that question.

0:53.4

Questions, not answers.

0:55.6

Golden Dome for America.

0:57.6

How far?

0:59.1

How big?

1:00.7

Much more of this tonight.

1:03.3

I'm going to leave the moon out of it for a while, if that's okay.

1:06.6

I certainly understand cis lunar operations, particularly against geosynchronous systems.

1:19.0

There are some advantages of operating against them from cis lunar space.

1:25.0

But putting that aside, and I think we should, I think the bigger point

1:29.1

is that we haven't yet figured out to what extent we want or think the Golden Dome should

1:39.1

be self-protecting or needs protection against offensive space operations by China and Russia.

1:48.7

And that raises the whole question of will the Golden Dome, which is designed to shoot down at missiles,

1:57.2

also allow itself to be reoriented 180 degrees to shoot out into space at offensive

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