China Fears Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Golden Dome Defense Shield

PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – President Trump offered new details about his ambitious Golden Dome missile shield, which he expects to have a price tag of around $175 billion and be completed before the end of his term.

This amount is a far cry from the one trillion figure thrown around by its critics.

“I’m pleased to announce that we have officially selected an architecture for this state-of-the-art system that will deploy next-generation technologies across the land, sea and space, including space-based sensors and interceptors,” Trump said.

“Once fully constructed, the Golden Dome will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from other sides of the world, and even if they’re launched from space. And we will have the best system ever built.”

The layered missile shield is expected to include a mix of ground and space-based interceptors designed to defeat a spectrum of threats — from lower-end weapons to advanced hypersonic and cruise missiles.

While the current homeland missile defense system focuses on threats from rogue nations like North Korea and Iran rather than from peer adversaries like China or Russia, Trump’s shield would focus on addressing threats from all adversaries.

This, as Raytheon has delivered the first missile defense radar to the Missile Defense Agency upgraded with the capability to track hypersonic weapons.

Meanwhile, China is ‘seriously concerned’ over the Golden Dome. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said it carries “strong offensive implications” and heightens the risks of the militarization of outer space and an arms race.

“China is seriously concerned about this.” She urged Washington to abandon the development of the system as soon as possible and take actions to enhance trust among major powers.

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories ending the week from conservative national security expert PAUL CRESPO.

Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEFING – the PDB:    

NATIONAL SECURITY

Why the air-dropped nuclear gravity bomb has gotten a reboot at DOD with the new B61.

Making a Qatar-gifted Boeing 747 secure enough to serve as a presidential aircraft will require “significant modifications,” says Air Force Secretary, while vowing to make it happen.

HOMELAND SECURITY

Marine Corps is partnering with federal immigration authorities to post ICE agents at gates of three bases under a pilot program aimed at preventing foreign nationals from unlawfully accessing multiple installations across the country.

DOD is reviewing a request from the DHS for 20,000 National Guardsmen to help with Trump’s mass deportation efforts, says chief of National Guard Bureau.

US Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protections for 350,000 Venezuelans.

Another judge in a border state is dismissing charges against people accused of trespassing into the Trump administration’s newly created military zones between the U.S. and Mexico.

U.S.-sanctioned terrorist organizations appear to be enjoying the perks of paid, premium accounts and verified blue check marks on the social media platform X, a potential violation of U.S. sanctions.

DHS Secretary Noem orders Coast Guard to cut 25% of flag officer positions, or one-quarter of its 46 flag officers, this year in a move that the acting Commandant said is part of a force redesign aimed at improving effectiveness.

POLITICS

Secretary of State Rubio has defended the Trump administration’s controversial decision to admit 59 Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees after a Democrat senator claimed they were getting preferential treatment because they were white.

Defense Secretary Hegseth announced a review of the military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan “to ensure that accountability for this event is met.”

A pair of GOP senators are demanding another investigation into whether former Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley undermined civilian control of the military during his time in office, stating they are not satisfied with past findings.

US POWER OVERSEAS

Marines will extend reach and practice Corps-level command and control, 21st-century foraging and air assault in a projection into the first island chain during an upcoming exercise in the Philippines.

CHINA THREAT

Army medics prepare for war with China. Military casualty care in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars aimed to fly wounded troops to a hospital within “the golden hour.” But such quick medevacs are unrealistic in the vast Pacific.

Army is considering buying more than 4,000 small portable drone detectors that are exportable to Taiwan.

China launches classified comms satellite, conducts commercial sea launch. China has continued a recent uptick in launch activity with a Long March 7A mission to geosynchronous orbit and a sea launch of a Ceres-1 solid rocket.

RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR

Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of “trying to buy time” to continue its war in Ukraine, a day after Trump said progress towards a ceasefire had been made in a call with Vladimir Putin.

Putin visited Kursk for the first time since Moscow claimed to have completely recaptured the Russian region following a surprise incursion by Ukrainian forces last year.

Standoff — Russia’s detention of a Greek-owned ship that departed from Estonia – days after Estonian forces tried to intercept a Russia-bound tanker – signals Moscow’s willingness to deploy military power more overtly to protect its shadow-fleet, a vital pillar of its war economy.

IRAN THREAT/MIDEAST

USS Harry S. Truman and its strike group launched the “largest airstrike in the history of the world” from an aircraft carrier during recent operations near Somalia.

Syria will need time to take over US role in detaining thousands of ISIS terrorists. U.S. troops in Syria are still tracking Islamic State terror cells while helping secure vast prisons full of militants, and it could be a while before the new government in Damascus is prepared to take over the job.

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

European nations are answering the call to invest more in our own defense readiness with a nearly one trillion-dollar plan to buy new weapons and tech. The move rebalances our transatlantic military alliance in a way that is long overdue and signals big wins for U.S. industry.

Romania’s new pro-EU president puts it back on a Western course after beating a hard-right nationalist who had channeled people’s anger at the political establishment to surge in the polls.

Mexico City mayor’s personal secretary, adviser shot dead in morning ambush in the latest attack against public officials in America’s southern neighbor.

US MILITARY

Air Force Chief to review possibility of buying new ‘Block 80’ F-16s as a way of increasing the combat mass of the service in the future.

From transfusion training to drone deliveries and even simulated fluid, the Army is finding ways to get blood where it’s needed most.

END of PDB

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