US President Donald Trump has said he had selected a design for the $175 billion Golden Dome missile defence shield and named a Space Force general to head the ambitious programme aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia.
The programme, first ordered by Mr Trump in January, aims to create a network of satellites, perhaps numbering in the hundreds, to detect, track and potentially intercept incoming missiles.
Mr Trump told a White House press conference that US Space Force General Michael Guetlein would be the lead programme manager for an effort widely viewed as the keystone to the president’s military planning.
Golden Dome will “protect our…