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| How Trump's $175billion Golden Dome missile defence can make US 'invulnerable' to nukes from China, Russia, or North Korea - as Beijing warns it will trigger a new arms race amid growing WW3 fears |
| 2025-05-21 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Donald Trump has unveiled his plans for a $175 billion 'Golden Dome' defence system which he says will protect the US from the world's most powerful weapons - provoking fury from China and Russia amid fears it will trigger a global arms race. Such a defence programme is 'long overdue' and 'absolutely necessary' amid growing threats from China, North Korea and Russia, experts have said in response to Tuesday's announcement. Moscow and Beijing have both put offensive weapons in space, such as satellites with abilities to disable critical US satellites, which can make America vulnerable to attack. Beijing has warned that the plan to put US weapons into the earth's orbit for the first time 'heightens the risk of space becoming a battlefield, fuels an arms race, and undermines international security.' Meanwhile Moscow has called for Washington to make contact regarding the programme. Trump said on Tuesday that he had not yet spoken to Vladimir Putin regarding the programme, but would do so 'at the right time'. Following talks between the allies earlier this month, Beijing and Moscow released a joint statement condemning Washington's plans as being 'deeply destabilising' and turning space into 'an arena for armed confrontation.' The plan is necessary, according to the US Defence Intelligence Agency, because missile threats from America's adversaries will not only 'expand in scale and sophistication in the coming decade' but already exist. An unclassified DIA report released this month stated that China and Russia 'are developing an array of novel delivery systems,' to exploit gaps in US defences, while traditional ballistic missiles are expected to remain the primary threat to American soil. North Korea has successfully tested such missiles with sufficient range to reach any part of the US, the DIA stated, while Iran will likely be able to launch ICBMs within the next decade. Trump declared on Tuesday that the establishment of the Golden Dome would provide 'close to 100 percent protection' of the US and is 'very important for the success and even survival of our country.' He said it would be delivered within two and a half to three years - before the end of his presidential term. 'I'm pleased to announce that we have officially selected an architecture for this state-of-the-art system that will deploy next-generation technologies across the land, sea and space, including space-based sensors and interceptors,' Trump said. 'Once fully constructed, the Golden Dome will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from other sides of the world, and even if they're launched from space. And we will have the best system ever built.' Trump issued an executive order on January 27 instructing defence secretary Pete Hegseth to make the plan a reality. While limited details were made available on how the architecture of the ambitious system will work - with hypersonic interceptors not expected to be delivered until the mid-2030s - Hegseth said they would draw on existing technologies and build it up over the coming years. He said that some technology such as space-based sensors and air and missile defense already exist, but added that all systems comprising the Golden Dome would 'need to be seamlessly integrated' in order for it to work. 'Golden Dome will be fielded in phases, prioritising defense where the threat is greatest,' he added. He promised that the completed system will protect the US from 'cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles, drones, whether they're conventional or nuclear.' It comes as the US Air Force on launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic as part of tests at the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, early on Wednesday. 'This ICBM test launch underscores the strength of the nation's nuclear deterrent and the readiness of the ICBM leg of the triad,' said Gen. Thomas Bussiere, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command. Related: Golden Dome 05/15/2025 'Golden Dome' Golden Dome 05/10/2025 Trump's message to Putin and Xi: Largest US Air Force 'elephant walk' in modern history Golden Dome 04/01/2025 US 'golden dome' back in play as 'insurance policy' decades after Reagan's Cold War-era proposal |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 The more the axis whines, the more I know Trump is right. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2025-05-21 17:36 |
| #2 Beijing has warned that the plan to put US weapons into the earth's orbit for the first time 'heightens the risk of space becoming a battlefield, fuels an arms race, and undermines international security.' Hey, West Taiwan - The 1980s called, they want their rhetoric back. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2025-05-21 13:43 |
| #1 China condemns Trump's proposed $125B 'Golden Dome' missile defense system The trick, of course, is not to build it but to bankrupt other nations and alliances ala Reagan's Star Wars. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-21 13:26 |