Elon Musk is going to the Defense Department today, but not as the “fake news” New York Times breathlessly reported, to get briefed on top secret plans for war with Communist China. 

Let’s pray it’s for Elon to take on yet-another immense service to the country – one he is arguably uniquely suited to render. 

President Trump wants a “Golden Dome” to protect America against missile attacks. Unfortunately, the Pentagon’s plan for doing so is virtually certain to take too long and pay too much for defenses that are insufficiently effective to reduce an attacker’s confidence in conducting a decisive strike – the essence of deterrence.

Fortunately, with Trump’s trust, a White House office and Elon’s record of swiftly and affordably getting big things done in space, we could deploy the defense we need there before the President leaves office. 

Make it so! 

This is Frank Gaffney.