China has severely hit out at the US over Trump's plans to build a "golden dome missile defence system", saying that "The plan openly calls for a significant expansion of outer space combat capabilities,

BEIJING: China is "seriously concerned" about the US Golden Dome missile defence shield project and urged Washington to abandon its development, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday (May 21).

China has issued a warning to the United States about its Golden Dome missile defence shield, urging President Donald Trump to pull the plug on the project.

China is 'seriously concerned' about Donald Trump's plans to build a £130billion missile defence system, the Golden Dome, and urged him to reconsider.

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The Golden Dome would involve space-based interceptors, which Congress estimated would cost between $162 billion to $542 billion over 20 years.