Golden Dome, a defense project proposed by President Donald Trump, envisions utilizing space-based interceptors to shoot down long range ballistic missiles headed for the U.S.
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly questioned the project during a recent committee hearing.
Critics have said the Golden Dome as proposed would be too expensive to operate and ineffective against cheaply made weapons like drones and short-range missiles.
Sen. Kelly raised similar concerns in an Armed Services Committee hearing — as he questioned Trump's nominee for the chief financial policy adviser at the Department of Defense.
“We could spend more than a trillion dollars and end up with a system that’s not gonna work, and is not gonna improve, meaningfully improve our security," Kelly said.
Nominee Jules Hurst defended the project.
“I trust the program manager General [Michael] Guetlein to make these kinds of determinations and change course inside the program if necessary to achieve an outcome at the appropriate cost to the taxpayer," Hurst said.
Hurst still needs full Senate approval.
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