MOSCOW − The U.S.Golden Dome missile defense projectundermines the foundations of strategic stability as it involves the creation of a global missile defence system, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. The May 27 Russian comments come after recent statements fromNorth Koreaand China opposing PresidentDonald Trump's proposed missile shield. The $175-billion project, proposed by Trump, is aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia. More:Trump pushes $175 billion 'Golden Dome' missile defense plan North Korea's foreign ministry criticised the missile defense shield project as a "very dangerous threatening initiative," state media said May 27. Trump on May 20 said he had picked a design forthe Golden Dome systemand named a leader of the ambitious $175 billion program. More:Elon Musk's SpaceX leads bid for Trump's Golden Dome missile defense system 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. More:Nuclear weapons woes: Understaffed nuke agency hit by DOGE and safety worries The aim is for Golden Dome to leverage a network ofhundreds of satellitescircling 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 toabandon its development. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Russia, North Korea blast Trump's Golden Dome missile defense
