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North Korea says US space shield is 'nuclear war scenario'
Filepic shows US President Donald Trump making an announcement regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield next to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 20, 2025. - REUTERS
SEOUL: North Korea's foreign ministry has criticised the U.S. Golden Dome missile defense shield project as a "very dangerous threatening initiative", state media said on Tuesday.
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- Trump announced the design and leadership for the US$175 billion Golden Dome missile defense system.
- The system aims to intercept missiles using a satellite network targeting threats from countries like China and North Korea.
- North Korea condemned the plan, whilst China expressed serious concern and urged the US to halt development.
U.S. President Donald Trump on May 20 said he had picked a design for the Golden Dome missile defense system and named a leader of the ambitious $175 billion program.
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.
