Russia, China, North Korea condemn Trump's $175 billion Golden Dome missile shield

The U S s chief adversaries Russia North Korea and China all of which are nuclear-armed nations have condemned President Donald Trump s space-based defensive plan he dubbed the Golden Dome as dangerous and a threat to global stability The president discussed his billion plan which will use satellites and other technologies to detect and intercept a missile strike even if they are launched from other sides of the world Trump explained last week The defensive plan though it is concluded to be years away before being fully operational despite Trump s three-year goal mark sparked stiff backlash from the U S s top competitors who took direct aim at what they called Trump s arrogance HEGSETH DENIES CHINA'S CLAIM THAT GOLDEN DOME IS OFFENSIVE PROTECTING THE HOMELAND North Korea s foreign ministry whose leader shared an uncommonly cordial relationship with Trump during his first term called it the equivalent of an outer space nuclear war scenario that supports the administration s strategy for uni-polar domination According to local media outlets the ministry on Tuesday explained it was a typical product of America first the height of self-righteousness arrogance high-handed and arbitrary practice The White House did not right away respond to Fox News Digital s questions regarding the reactions to the plan intended to resemble Israel s Iron Dome defensive capability TRUMP UNVEILS GOLDEN DOME MISSILE SHIELD BLINDSIDES KEY SENATORSBut the North Korean foreign ministry claimed the defensive strategy was authentically an attempt to militarize outer space and preemptively attain military superiority in an all-round way Similarly on Tuesday Russian foreign minister Maria Zakharova noted the strategy would undermine the basis of strategic stability by creating a global missile defense system disclosed Reuters But her comments were not the first time Moscow aligned its condemnation of the Golden Dome as it issued a joint report with China earlier this month after Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met for formal talks in Russia The duo called the plan deeply destabilizing and claimed it erodes the inseparable interrelationship between strategic offensive arms and strategic defensive arms They also argued that it would turn outer space into an context for placing weapons and an arena for armed confrontation Russia has remained relatively muted in its response following Trump s Oval Office discussion on the Golden Dome which came just two days after Trump held a two-hour phone call with Putin But China reiterated its objection to the plan and following Trump s announcement on it Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning explained last week The project will heighten the peril of turning space into a war zone and creating a space arms race and shake the international precaution and arms control system Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has rejected the contends that the plan could be viewed as an offensive strategy and communicated Fox News Digital All we care about is protecting the homeland Morgan Phillips contributed to this account