President Donald Trump’s plan to build a missile defense system is not going so well. Indeed, it seems stalled out at the “concepts of a plan” stage.

The “One Big, Beautiful Bill” designated $25 billion to begin development on Golden Dome, which almost certainly will not work because even if the technology challenges could be overcome, scaling to the point where it would provide protection is wildly unlikely.

So things remain stalled out, with the administration not even having a spending plan for how it will allocate the initial $25 billion. You’d think this administration, in particular, would be quite capable of pissing away $25 billion, but it turns out that that’s enough money that really does require a plan.

It’s tempting to blame the government shutdown for the slowdown here, and

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