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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump's Golden Dome risks nuclear war in space, warns North Korea
Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defence plan risks starting a nuclear war in space, North Korea has warned. Announced last week, the $175 billion (£147 billion) proposal aims to create a network of satellites by 2029 that will detect, track and shoot down any missiles fired at the US. However, Pyongyang attacked the US president's futuristic project in a long memorandum on Tuesday morning, in which it said the scheme could turn outer space into a 'potential nuclear war field'. Golden Dome is a 'very dangerous initiative aimed at threatening the strategic security of the nuclear weapons states', the North Korean foreign ministry said. It went on to accuse the US of being 'hell-bent on the moves to militarise outer space' and said the project was the latest evidence of the Washington's 'self-righteousness, arrogance, high-handed and arbitrary practice'. The memo also attacked America's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 7, a robotic space plane manufactured by Boeing and operated in part by the United States Space Force. The craft was another example of Washington's moves 'moves to militarise space' and compared the threat of the X-37B to that of nuclear weapons, it said. The Golden Dome project has been criticised as destabilising and as a potential trigger for an arms race, as other powers could desire their own extensive space weapons system or try to build more missiles to overcome the US's space shield. Mr Trump has not responded to Pyongyang's concerns, but experts say the strong reaction likely means it sees the project as a serious threat. Hong Min, a senior analyst at the Korea Institute for National Unification, said that if the US was successfully able to complete this system, North Korea would then 'be forced to develop alternative means to counter or penetrate it'. The robust response came after Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator, last week suffered a rare moment of public embarrassment when a brand new warship sank in front of what was likely a large crowd during a botched launch. Kim said that the accident 'brought the dignity and self-respect of our state to a collapse' and at least four officials have since been arrested in relation to the event. A week earlier, North Korea was stressing its martial readiness, with Kim asserting that the most crucial task for his country's armed forces was to make 'full preparations for war'. South Korea has increased its number of joint military exercises with Washington in recent years and has publicised the presence of US assets, such as a nuclear-powered submarine, in an effort to deter aggression from Pyongyang.
Time of India
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
You will have to deal with crime and piracy in space: Marc Feldman
Crime has always followed technology. When advances in shipbuilding created the era of explorers, it also birthed pirates trying to plunder vessels carrying goods of trade. Developments in radio and broadcasting technology in the 20th century resulted in the amplification of misinformation and propaganda, not to mention intellectual property piracy. The internet, which was imagined as an open space beyond the sovereignty of any one nation and its laws, has created a new wave of transnational digital crime. So why should space be any different? That is the spark that started a journey of research and discovery for Marc Feldman and Hugh Taylor , authors of Space Piracy: Preparing for a Criminal Crisis in Orbit . On the eve of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Moscow reportedly rolled out a cyberattack to blunt satellite communications in Ukraine, disrupting its ability to communicate with troops. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Gạch cao su mới không cần lắp đặt cầu kỳ (tìm gạch tại đây) Gạch | Quảng cáo tìm kiếm Tìm Ngay What happens when such scenarios to disrupt space-based activity are adopted by criminals? Worse still, what happens if, in the future, the physical outer space becomes a domain for crime? Feldman spoke to Nirmal John on why it is important to prepare for a wave of future crimes up in space. Edited excerpts: It is a unique book. How did you stumble on this subject? I have been involved in space and satellites since the 1980s. I had a couple of private equity funds. One of them was deeply, deeply involved in space. There's a great deal happening in the commercialisation of space but the military is really the big dog, not just in the US but also in China and Russia . This came out of a paper I was working on for the Defense Innovation Unit , which is a consultant arm of the Pentagon . I wanted to do something about piracy and criminality of space. So I sat down and wrote an article. It turned out to be 65 pages. I showed it to Hugh, whom I have been in business with for decades. He suggested we make it a book. Live Events The United States Space Force looks at China and Russia as its main enemies in space. Our thesis is, no, that's not going to be the whole story. You are going to have to deal with not just warfare in space, you will have to deal with crime and piracy in space. So how is that going to happen? We came up with a series of scenarios of that, be it holding space assets to ransom or taking over space stations with rockets. You have used the example of money laundering by drug cartels as the entry point. Why? I have seen what these cartels are up to, how powerful they are, how creative they are and how ruthless they are. Like all major criminal organisations, a major problem they have is laundering money. They have laundered money through several means, including through oil companies in South America . At some point they are going to discover space and they are going to launder their money in space assets. These guys have more money than anybody can ever imagine. They can get the talent because they will pay them. They are in countries that are narco states. They have experience of creatively moving narcotics around the world—through airplanes, submarines, you name it. They understand airports. They understand airplanes. They know how to kill. They have their own intelligence agencies. They have their own transportation, computer networks and marketing. Once they learn the operational aspect of space, they will become a player in space. First, it will be through money laundering. They will create shell companies and they will invest in startups, then they will take it over and use that tech. That's how cartels play. You have also drawn parallels to global trade and the rise of piracy. See, there is no national sovereignty in space as we understand it. That means it is going to be similar to the Wild West . Take mining. There is technology that exists right now to mine in space. They have to be protected because there will be criminal organisations wanting to be in on the action. There is a whole bunch of intelligence agencies out there that would use piracy and crime for plausible deniability. We believe that as technology becomes more sophisticated, these things will happen. There is no legal structure in space, just like on the open seas. A few years back, cocaine worth a billion dollars was found in a ship owned by the largest shipping company in the world. I can be in Los Angeles, and 250 miles out there is an exclusion zone. The federal government, state, sheriffs, whatever, they can't touch them, just like in space. You wrote in the book, 'Space piracy is a future problem that is starting to show itself in small scale hacks.' What are some of the other scenarios of the future? One of the things we speculated about is a spectacular takeover of a launch site, say Cape Canaveral or Elon Musk's spaceport. They can say that if you don't give us an exorbitant amount of money, we will liquidate it. Or, take commercial broadcasting. You got a Super Bowl event coming up. If they have the ability to control satellites, they can say that unless a ransom is shared, they won't release the satellite. Or, take the basic business of these cartels which is in moving drugs. Can they invest in moving drugs through space? They already used submarines to do it. They are not going to have money issues. You could have rockets built to your specifications, just like pirates, who basically went to shipbuilders to build them faster ships and pushed the envelope of shipping technology in the 1700s. Criminals could do that now as well, and could have spaceports in countries where the cartel has influence. What was Jamaica? It was a pirate colony. It is not going to be impossible if you don't have money issues. We have written the book, keeping in mind such historical context. We believe all this could happen on an analogous basis. History doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes. The reason why this could happen is because nobody thinks criminals can do this. What has been the impact of the book till now? The first thing is to realise there is a potential threat out there, and it is not going to go away, just as piracy in the high seas didn't go away. People are just becoming aware of it. The US Space Force does not recognise non-state actors as a threat. The book is having some impact because, for instance, one of the big London-based space insurance companies told us that they are re-examining their policies and may make it mandatory to have privacy and criminal insurance. That is because of the scenarios we built, where a criminal organisation hijacks a launch
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Business Standard
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Trump to make Golden Dome announcement on Tuesday, says US official
Trump plans to make a 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) announcement in the Oval Office with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the White House said in an update to the president's schedule Reuters President Donald Trump is expected to announce he has selected the path forward for his ambitious Golden Dome missile defense shield, a US official said on Tuesday. Trump plans to make a 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) announcement in the Oval Office with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the White House said in an update to the president's schedule. The Vice Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force General Michael Guetlein is expected to be at the event where the official, who declined to be named, said that it is likely he will be named as the lead on the project. Golden Dome is estimated to cost tens of billions of dollars and take years to implement, as the controversial program faces both political scrutiny and funding uncertainty. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Deccan Herald
20-05-2025
- Business
- Deccan Herald
Trump to make Golden Dome announcement on Tuesday
Washington: President Donald Trump is expected to announce the path forward and the leader of his ambitious Golden Dome missile defense shield on Tuesday, two US officials vice chief of space operations, United States Space Force General Michael Guetlein, is expected to be in the Oval Office this afternoon where the officials, who declined to be identified, said that it was likely he will be named as the lead program manager on the multibillion-dollar project widely viewed as the keystone to Trump's military to gift Trump an aircraft is 'normal thing' between allies, Qatar's PM plans to make a 3 pm ET (1900 GMT) announcement with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the White House said in an update to the president's Golden Dome missile defense shield, first ordered by Trump in January, aims to create a network of satellites to detect, track and potentially intercept incoming missiles. The shield could deploy hundreds of satellites for missile detection and Dome is estimated to cost tens of billions of dollars and take years to implement, as the controversial program faces both political scrutiny and funding lawmakers have voiced concern about the procurement process and the involvement of Trump ally Elon Musk's SpaceX, which has emerged as a frontrunner alongside Palantir and Anduril to build key components of the Golden Dome idea was inspired by Israel's land-based Iron Dome defense shield that protects it from missiles and rockets. Trump's Golden Dome is much more extensive and includes a massive array of surveillance satellites and a separate fleet of attacking satellites that would shoot down offensive missiles soon after project's funding remains uncertain. Republican lawmakers have proposed a $25 billion initial investment for Golden Dome as part of a broader $150 billion defense package, but this funding is tied to a contentious reconciliation bill that faces significant hurdles in Congress.."Unless reconciliation passes, the funds for Golden Dome may not materialize," said an industry executive following the program. "This puts the entire project timeline in jeopardy.".The SpaceX-led consortium has proposed an unusual "subscription service" model for their portion of the system, where the government would pay for access to the technology rather than own it outright. This approach has raised concerns among some Pentagon officials about long-term costs and control..A group of 42 Democratic lawmakers led by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Greg Casar has called for an investigation into Musk's role in the bidding process, citing his position as a special adviser to Trump and his substantial campaign donations exceeding $250 million.
The Advertiser
20-05-2025
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Trump to make Golden Dome announcement: US official
US President Donald Trump is expected to announce he has selected the path forward for his ambitious Golden Dome missile defence shield, a US official says. Trump plans to make a 3pm EST (5am AEST) announcement in the Oval Office with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the White House said in an update to the president's schedule. The Vice Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force General Michael Guetlein is expected to be at the event where the official, who declined to be named, said that it is likely he will be named as the lead on the project. Golden Dome is estimated to cost tens of billions of dollars and take years to implement, as the controversial program faces both political scrutiny and funding uncertainty. US President Donald Trump is expected to announce he has selected the path forward for his ambitious Golden Dome missile defence shield, a US official says. Trump plans to make a 3pm EST (5am AEST) announcement in the Oval Office with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the White House said in an update to the president's schedule. The Vice Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force General Michael Guetlein is expected to be at the event where the official, who declined to be named, said that it is likely he will be named as the lead on the project. Golden Dome is estimated to cost tens of billions of dollars and take years to implement, as the controversial program faces both political scrutiny and funding uncertainty. US President Donald Trump is expected to announce he has selected the path forward for his ambitious Golden Dome missile defence shield, a US official says. Trump plans to make a 3pm EST (5am AEST) announcement in the Oval Office with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the White House said in an update to the president's schedule. The Vice Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force General Michael Guetlein is expected to be at the event where the official, who declined to be named, said that it is likely he will be named as the lead on the project. Golden Dome is estimated to cost tens of billions of dollars and take years to implement, as the controversial program faces both political scrutiny and funding uncertainty. US President Donald Trump is expected to announce he has selected the path forward for his ambitious Golden Dome missile defence shield, a US official says. Trump plans to make a 3pm EST (5am AEST) announcement in the Oval Office with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the White House said in an update to the president's schedule. The Vice Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force General Michael Guetlein is expected to be at the event where the official, who declined to be named, said that it is likely he will be named as the lead on the project. Golden Dome is estimated to cost tens of billions of dollars and take years to implement, as the controversial program faces both political scrutiny and funding uncertainty.
