North Korea says Trump's 'Golden Dome' is the height of self-righteousness'

Trump has touted his plan as a revolutionary defence system (Picture: Getty)

North Korea has said Donald Trump’s new dystopian ‘Golden Dome’ could turn outer space into a ‘nuclear war field’.

Last week,the US president announced his new defensive measures for America – 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.

The project announcement hasn’t gone down so well with US adversaries.

North Korea’s foreign ministry slammed the plan,calling it ‘the height of self-righteousness and arrogance’.

They went on to accuse the US of being ‘hell-bent on militarising outer space’.

North Korea conducts nuclear-capable missile test launches often (Picture: AFP)

North Korea has been attempting to build up its nuclear arsenal for decades,in violation of international bans.

Recently,Kim warned that North Korea was ready to use nuclear weapons ‘anytime and anywhere’ as he unveiled smaller tactical warheads.

The country has routinely launched nuclear-capable missiles in tests,which have left other Pacific nations worried for their safety.

North Korea’s scathing remarks followed condemnation from China’s foreign ministry,which said: ‘The United States,in pursuing a ‘US-first’ policy,is obsessed with seeking absolute security for itself.

‘This violates the principle that the security of all countries should not be compromised and undermines global strategic balance and stability.’

The US does face threats of missiles from various other countries (Picture: Metro)

But Trump has claimed the new ‘Golden Dome’,which would operate like a much larger ‘Iron Dome’,as seen in Israel,is necessary for American defence.

But Trump’s will be much larger – and likely include many more surveillance satellites. There will also be a fleet of satellites that will shoot down offensive missiles soon after lift-off.

If the Golden Dome is to work in the same way that the Iron Dome does,it would likely be made of It is made up of dozens of batteries,carrying multiple movable missile launchers.

The system would identify incoming missiles within a certain radius,before putting a path to the rocket into its command-and-control centre.

Once they receive this information,the control centre calculates the location of the rocket’s impact and whether it is going to strike areas inhabited by people.

The race to build hypersonic missiles accelerated in the last decade,which seems to be a major factor in Trump’s announcement.

He hopes it will be up and running before the end of his second term.