Golden Dome Funds Hide in Fiscal 2026 Missile Defense Line Items

Sparse mention of “Golden Dome” in congressional funding documents published with the fiscal 2026 defense appropriations bill last week suggest the Pentagon is using the label as a catch‑all for ongoing or already-planned missile defense efforts.

There are details about dozens of new and legacy missile defense line items worth an estimated $36 billion in the joint explanatory statement for the defense funding bill included in the House-passed minibus measure (H.R. 7148; BGOV Bill Analysis).

But the documents largely omit references to the continental missile defense initiative named and touted by President Donald Trump, raising questions about ...