The Defense Department has scheduled the first major test of President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system for late 2028, CNN reported Friday.

The three-year timeline is ambitious given that the Pentagon has been pondering a space-based missile intercept for decades, a defense official told the outlet.

The official added that Golden Dome remains a “hard problem, and technically very risky.”

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