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Russia and China slam Trump’s plans for US version of Iron Dome as ‘deeply destabilizing’

By AFP 8 May 2025, 4:15 pm 3 Edit

Russia and China slam US President Donald Trump’s plans for an “Iron Dome” missile defense system as “deeply destabilizing” in a joint statement issued after talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Moscow.

“The recently announced large-scale ‘Golden (Iron) Dome for America’ program is also deeply destabilizing,” says the statement published by the Kremlin. The plan “explicitly provides for a significant strengthening of the arsenal for conducting combat operations in space,” it adds.

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