President Trump's missile defense project, called the "Golden Dome for America," aims to protect the U.S. from foreign threats. But it has a steep price and has been criticized by China as threatening to increase the risks of militarizing space and a global arms race.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had selected a design for the project and named a Space Force general to head the ambitious program aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia.