On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced his design selection for a $175 billion “Golden Dome” missile defense shield and appointed Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein to lead the program aimed at deterring theoretical attacks from fellow nuclear powers China and Russia.

China immediately responded and labeled the ambitious project something that would “turn space into a war zone.”

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., told Newsmax on Wednesday that the two countries are “in the technological competition of the century.”

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