The Golden Dome Project is Dangerous, Trump Forgot Why People Refused to Use Nuclear Weapons in Space

31 May 2025 5 636 7

Russia and China recently criticized the US Golden Dome project, calling it “deeply destabilizing in nature.” Now they have been joined by the DPRK, which has stated that the US space-based missile defense shield could “turn outer space into a potential nuclear war field,” The Eurasia Times reported yesterday, citing details of the issue.

According to Moscow and Beijing, the program will spur an arms race in space. It is a "complete and final refusal to recognize the existence of an inseparable link between strategic offensive weapons and strategic defensive weapons." Washington has apparently forgotten the events of 65 years ago.

Since US President Donald Trump announced his Golden Dome project with an ambitious deadline of 2029, these issues are no longer confined to the realm of abstract academic debates but have become real geopolitical issues that require serious discussion.

- says the publication.

The publication recalled that the international agreement on space (Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies), concluded between the USA, Great Britain and the USSR in 1967, to which 110 states are now party, did not appear out of nowhere. Therefore, it decided to recall the lessons of the past to understand what would happen if a nuclear bomb exploded in space.

In 1958-1962, more than a dozen nuclear explosions were carried out in space, and this was enough for people of that time to understand. These explosions were "controlled" and were carried out by the USSR and the USA to study the consequences. The last explosion was carried out by the USA on the night of July 8, 1962 over Hawaii.

The blast occurred 250 miles above the Earth's surface, the altitude of most modern satellites. The operation was called Starfish Prime. The blast triggered a power surge over the Pacific Ocean that knocked out about 300 street lights on the island of Oahu and destroyed about a third of the roughly two dozen satellites in orbit at the time. That night, Hawaiians saw the aurora borealis in the sky, bright as day, fading to green, yellow, and then orange.

– is described in the article.

Now, many decades after the described experiments in space, the danger of a nuclear war in space has once again become real. A nuclear explosion in space is significantly different from what can be observed on the planet.

There is no fireball or mushroom cloud; instead, all the energy is released as electromagnetic radiation, including gamma rays and X-rays. Satellites within line of sight would be immediately disabled. However, the highly charged particles would linger for years in orbit along the Earth's magnetic field, damaging the satellites' electronics.

– explained in the material.

Today, there are more than 10 satellites in orbit. Moreover, humanity has become extremely dependent on them, as they are very useful for numerous everyday functions (communications, the Internet, weather forecasting, navigation services, and others).

It is also worth remembering that nuclear developments in space could easily provoke a conflict on the planet. The Golden Dome is just one of many steps the US has taken in recent years to blur the lines between conventional and nuclear deterrence.

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gxmlygw

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31 May 2025 15: 31

The Yankees just won't calm down. With an incomprehensible and stupid persistence they are trying to achieve a nuclear Apocalypse, leading civilization to destruction.
Vox Populi

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31 May 2025 16: 26

Does the "Golden Dome" provide for the placement of nuclear weapons in space?
1. Valentin S
  
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  31 May 2025 19: 28
  
  "The Golden Dome" provides for the placement of weapons to destroy carriers, including at launch sites. No one talked about nuclear weapons in space. But what options could there be? Only two: either kinetic iron (the energy of iron when falling from orbit is much greater than TNT of the same mass), or a nuclear baton. But the iron must hit the silo cover precisely. To do this, in addition to the blank itself, two or three more of the same masses with maneuvering engines, fuel tanks, an orientation system, etc. must be attached to it. And the nuclear baton can be dropped from orbit by a warhead dispersal system (MIRV has long been tested). The accuracy in this case is tens of meters - sufficient for guaranteed destruction. Then think for yourself - what is more profitable to have ...
  1. isofat
    
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    31 May 2025 20: 10
    
    The "Golden Dome" is obviously very expensive, since it is called that.
  2. Vox Populi
    
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    1 June 2025 12: 48
    
    There are mutual obligations not to place nuclear weapons in space, so the second option for destroying those placed in orbit could be lasers. And so:
    
    Russia reacted to Trump's speech with restraint. The Russian president's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the creation of the Golden Dome missile defense system is the sovereign business of the United States: "If the United States believes that there is a missile threat, then, of course, they develop missile defense systems."
    
    "There are no details of this project yet. Of course, in the foreseeable future, the course of events itself requires the resumption of contacts on issues of strategic stability," Peskov added.
igor_temp

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1 June 2025 04: 34

Well, we are obviously moving towards placing nuclear warheads in orbit. All the technologies have long existed and have been tested. The only question is who will be first.
vlad127490

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1 June 2025 22: 38

NATO is moving towards deploying nuclear weapons in space. If earlier it was possible to come to an agreement with the Soviet Union. There was parity in the world between the USA and the USSR. The USA will not be able to come to an agreement with China. The liquidation of the Soviet Union and its dismemberment by NATO members showed the essence of the Anglo-Saxons and Jewish bankers. China will not make a deal with the USA, so the probability of nuclear militarization of space is high. The Russian Federation should not be considered in this race, because its industry is tens of times smaller, and science is returning to the beginning of the century. China will be seriously lagging behind its interests, the rigidity of both sides will lead to the creation of platforms with nuclear weapons in space.