US missile defense: This could look Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” (video)

According to President Donald Trump, it is important for the United States and is said to cost $ 175 billion: the US rocket defense system “Golden Dome”. In three years, it should be ready for use and protection against the world and even fired from space, said Trump in the White House on Tuesday.

China accused the US government on Wednesday to threaten the “worldwide strategic balance” on Wednesday and called Trump to do without the project.

At the presentation of the project already announced in the election campaign, the US President said that the “Golden Dome” will be able to intercept rockets in three years after completing his completion, “even if they are started from other sides of the world, and even if they are started out of space”. This is “very important for the success and even the survival of our country,” he emphasized.

In the opinion of the leadership in Beijing, the project is highly dangerous. The “Golden Dome” endangers the “worldwide strategic balance and stability,” said a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning. China was very concerned because Trump’s plans fueled a armed arms and threatened to make a “battlefield” out of space.

“The United States put their own interests at the forefront and are obsessed with absolute security for themselves, while they violate the principle that the security of a country should not go at the expense of others,” said the spokeswoman. Trump should give up the plans.

From Moscow it was said that “Golden Dome” was a “sovereign matter of the United States”. “If the United States thinks there is a threat from rockets, then of course they will develop a rocket defense system,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow. Washington should coordinate with the Russian leadership in his plans. “With a view to the restoration of strategic stability, the course of events in the near future requires the resumption of contacts,” said Peskow.

Previously, the Kremlin had said much more critically. The “Golden-Dome” plans increased the risk of “combat operations in space”, it had called Russian-Chinese talks about the US plans.

Trump said on Tuesday that the “state -of -the -art rocket defense sign” should be set up based on the model of the Israeli rocket defense system “Iron Dome”. However, “Iron Dome” is created for the defense against rockets with a short range and the protection of a small territory.

The US version should also be able to ward off intercontinental rockets with nuclear weapons. This is based on US plans from President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989). This wanted a rocket defense sign based on the film series “Star Wars”, in which interception systems were to be placed in space.

According to US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, the planned protective sign “The home country” against marching flight bodies, ballistic rockets, hyper-shall missiles and drones should protect, regardless of whether it is conventional or nuclear rockets “.

Trump named a sum of $ 25 billion (around 22 billion euros) as start -up financing for the project. In total, the project should cost around $ 175 billion. Canada also expressed interest in participation.

After taking office by decree, the US President had instructed his Ministry of Defense to present a plan for a “missile defense sign of the next generation” within 60 days. According to the Pentagon, the United States is exposed to a growing danger from Russia and China.

In a paper from 2022, the Pentagon pointed out that Beijing opened the ballistic and hyperschallrakets with Washington and Moscow improved its skills in the intercontinental and precision rockets. In the paper, the danger was also warned of the danger of ballistic rockets from North Korea and Iran and the increasing threat of drones.

US rocket defense systems are used by Ukraine to defend Russian rocket attacks. In addition, US war aircraft and ships are used by Israel to defend Iranian attacks. Israel also uses US missiles and drones in his fight against the Huthi rebels supported by Iran.