Donald Trump has announced ambitious plans to expand and update US missile defence systems, in a bid to stay ahead of countries whose militaries the administration considers a threat.
The initiative comes as the US worries about Iran and North Korea’s ballistic missile capabilities, as well as technological advances made by the militaries of China and Russia.
Speaking at the Pentagon on Thursday, Mr Trump said “competitor regimes” were getting “bigger and stronger”, and that a new missile defence strategy would deter attacks from hostile states, including Iran.
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