North Korea blasts Trump's $175B 'Golden Dome' defense plan
North Korea has condemned the plan by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to create the "Golden Dome" missile defense system. The Institute for American Studies of North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the project as a "very dangerous and threatening initiative."
This criticism from Pyongyang comes a week after Donald Trump announced his plan to allocate $175 billion for constructing the missile defense shield by the end of his term. Washington justifies this initiative as necessary to counter evolving threats from North Korea, China, and Russia.
According to Pyongyang, the U.S. plan is an attempt to implement a "nuclear war scenario in space." The Institute accused Washington of "trying to militarily subjugate allied countries by creating an integrated missile defense system and mobilizing their forces for U.S. military operations."
The official KCNA agency, citing a note from the Institute dated Monday, stated that the plan is a "typical product of 'America First,' displaying self-satisfaction, arrogance, and arbitrary practices" serving the "American strategy of unipolar domination through the preemptive establishment of military space infrastructure."
Pyongyang concluded that the global security environment is becoming uncertain due to the "undisguised U.S. moves to militarize space." The regime's authorities believe that national and regional security can only be guaranteed through a "symmetry of unmatched strength," without specifying what that implies.
