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The Inevitable Militarization Of Space? – OpEd

Eurasia Review Thursday, 3 July 2025 ()
President Donald Trump's plans to build a space-based Golden Dome missile defense shield have drawn immediate criticism from China, which has framed it as a renewed American push to "weaponize space." This program, announced in an executive order signed in January 2025, echoes former President Ronald Reagan's 1980s Strategic...
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Cold War Cold War 1947–1991 geopolitical rivalry between US and USSR

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