President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, on May 20, 2025. The system is intended to protect the United States from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles,

Donald Trump unveiled his new line of defence for the US – a $175 billion ‘Golden Dome’. Despite looking like something out of a Simpsons episode, Trump said the Golden Dome will have ground and space-based capabilities that are able to detect and stop missiles at all four major stages of a potential attack.

Secretary Pete Hegseth denied China's assertion that Golden Dome was an effort to turn space into a 'warzone,' arguing it was only for defense of the homeland.