Networks & Digital Warfare

Diving into Golden Dome’s new pricetag, plus winning the Army’s network wars

This week on The Break Out, we review the latest tensions over Golden Dome's forecasted costs before visiting Colorado where special forces and infantry linked up for a novel exercise at Fort Carson.

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Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein last week disputed a recent $1.2 trillion estimate from the Congressional Budget Office for the military’s sprawling Golden Dome missile defense system. Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta and Deputy Editor Lee Ferran discuss Guetlein’s math and where he thinks the CBO has miscalculated.

Then Networks and Information Warfare Reporter Mark Pomerleau shares what he learned during a recent Army exercise that brought together infantry and Green Berets just south of Fort Carson, Colo. for perhaps the service’s biggest ever electronic warfare test.