Key Points President Trump promised in May to build a Golden Dome missile defense shield over America. In December, 2,100 contractors were named to work on a contract worth $151 billion. 10 stocks we like better than Viasat › The news struck like a thunderbolt: 35 years after Ronald Reagan's "Strategic Defense Initiative" (a.k.a. "Star Wars") missile defense system quietly expired with the end of the Cold War, President Trump would revive the concept as a Golden Dome over America. Once complete, sa ...