Trump unveils design of $273 billion Golden Dome shield to protect US from Russia and China

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US President Donald Trump has selected a design for the Golden Dome missile defence shield and has named a Space Force general to head the ambitious program aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia. Trump announced on Tuesday at a White House press conference that US Space Force General Michael Guetlein would be the lead program manager for what the president said would be a $US175 billion ($A273 billion) project, an effort widely viewed as the keystone to Trump’s military planning. Golden Dome will “protect our homeland”, Trump said from the Oval Office and added that Canada had said...