Trump on May 20 said he had picked a design for the Golden Dome system and named a leader of the ambitious $175 billion program.
Trump reveals plans for ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system
President Donald Trump has unveiled plans for a “Golden Dome” missile defense system, modeled after Israel’s Iron Dome, aiming to complete it by the end of his term.
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- The Russian foreign ministry said the plan undermines strategic stability among the nuclear powers.
- North Korea called Golden Dome “very dangerous threatening initiative.”
- China said it was “seriously concerned.”
MOSCOW − The U.S. Golden Dome missile defense project undermines the foundations of strategic stability as it involves the creation of a global missile defence system, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
The May 27 Russian comments come after recent statements from North Korea and China opposing President Donald Trump’s proposed missile shield.
The $175-billion project, proposed by Trump, is aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia.
North Korea’s foreign ministry criticised the missile defense shield project as a “very dangerous threatening initiative,” state media said May 27.
Trump on May 20 said he had picked a design for the Golden Dome system and named a leader of the ambitious $175 billion program.
North Korea slams US ‘arrogance’
The Golden Dome plan “is a typical product of ‘America first,’ the height of self-righteousness, arrogance, high-handed and arbitrary practice, and is an outer space nuclear war scenario,” said the Institute for American Studies of North Korea’s foreign ministry, according to state KCNA news agency.
The aim is for Golden Dome to leverage a network of hundreds of satellites circling the globe with sophisticated sensors and interceptors to knock out incoming enemy missiles after they lift off from countries like China, Iran, North Korea or Russia.
China last week said it is “seriously concerned” about the project and called for Washington to abandon its development.