President Trump has proposed building an antimissile “golden dome” around the United States. But do cinematic spectacles actually enhance national security?

WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's flagship Golden Dome missile defense system will include four layers -- one satellite-based and three on land -- with 11 short-range batteries located across the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii, according to a U.S. government slide presentation on the project first reported by Reuters.

Despite the Pentagon’s “strange” secrecy about the project, recent reports have revealed details about the development of a U.S. missile-defense.