So now Trump wants taxpayers to pay for his ballroom!

[kyzr]

What kind of security upgrades cost $1 billion?
That's the same as the cost of a Navy Cruiser, that's fortified against threats from land sea and air.
Face it, for $1 billion you get much more than just security upgrades, you get gold toilets, and imported marble.

If you read the OP article the $1b can only be used for security components.
Drone-proof roof, blast-proof glass, a bunker under it, probably all kinds of other bomb-proof construction.

 

[struth]

What kind of security upgrades cost $1 billion?
That's the same as the cost of a Navy Cruiser, that's fortified against threats from land sea and air.

Face it, for $1 billion you get much more than just security upgrades, you get gold toilets, and imported marble.

Good ones.

Gold toilets and imported marble don’t cost a billion dollars

High tech equipment does

 

[meaner gene]

If you read the OP article the $1b can only be used for security components.
Drone-proof roof, blast-proof glass, a bunker under it, probably all kinds of other bomb-proof construction.

Drone proof roof? You know that a roof goes in top of the ballroom, not on top of a bunker.
Blast proof glass? Again, bunkers don't have glass, they're underground, and so have no need for windows.

Those of security upgrades to the ballroom, not the bunker.

And of course if they put all those security upgrades in the east wing. Then they'll have to upgrade the security in the west wing to match, which means another $1 billion for security upgrades to one of the most secure buildings.

 

[meaner gene]

Good ones.

Gold toilets and imported marble don’t cost a billion dollars

High tech equipment does

You mean Trumps "Gold Dome" system?

 

[struth]

You mean Trumps "Gold Dome" system?

Not that’s not what this is about

gold dome is essentially the Star Wars program

That’s a much larger defense program Golden Dome for America

 

[Moonglow]

Good ones.

Gold toilets and imported marble don’t cost a billion dollars

High tech equipment does

Microwave sensors are not cheap.

 

[meaner gene]

The "Golden Dome" is a proposed U.S. missile defense initiative, introduced by President Trump via Executive Order 14186 in Jan. 2025,

costing an estimated $161 billion to over $3 trillion, with goals for partial operation by 2028.

 

[struth]

Microwave doors are not cheap.

I suppose it depends on how much money you earn

I can see why you’d think that

 

[Moonglow]

The "Golden Dome" is a proposed U.S. missile defense initiative, introduced by President Trump via Executive Order 14186 in Jan. 2025,

costing an estimated $161 billion to over $3 trillion, with goals for partial operation by 2028.

But what about Star Wars?

 

[meaner gene]

Microwave doors are not cheap.

Or ketchup proof walls.

 

[Moonglow]

Or ketchup proof walls.

The microwave sensors can penetrate walls.

 

[meaner gene]

The microwave sensors can penetrate walls.

Counter-Electronics & Deep Penetration: HPM weapons generate intense electromagnetic bursts that can penetrate electronic devices through wiring or openings, destroying sensitive components like computer chips and sensors. Longer wavelengths in the microwave spectrum are known to deposit energy more deeply into materials, making them theoretically capable of targeting buried bunkers or underground communications.

 

[struth]

But what about Star Wars?

Star Wars pretty much died with the end of the Cold War, Clinton renamed the program the Ballistic Missle Defense organization, parts of the advanced it made are being used forI the gold dome…