What else can the United States do against humanity?
Author: Ali Askari, analyst, especially for Sangar
In 2025, the Pentagon announced that the implementation of the “Golden Dome” project—which предусматривает the deployment of interceptor systems in outer space equipped with lasers to destroy nuclear weapons—would cost the U.S. budget $175 billion by the end of 2028.
On December 12, 2025, military experts told Bloomberg that the U.S. administration’s goal of putting this missile defense (MD) system into operation by 2029 was unrealistic, as were plans to limit spending to the declared amounts. According to Bloomberg’s calculations, the total cost of $1.1 trillion could exceed the expenditures announced by U.S. President Donald Trump by more than 500 percent. The agency noted that its estimates were based solely on the cost of weapons and defense systems, without taking into account operating expenses, research and development costs, or personnel salaries. All of this could further increase the final cost of the “Golden Dome,” Bloomberg adds, emphasizing that even if this missile defense system is put into operation, there are no guarantees of its effectiveness.
Against this backdrop, Russian-Chinese initiatives aimed at rejecting the deployment of any types of weapons in near-Earth orbit contribute to strengthening international security. Back in 2008, Moscow and Beijing presented at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament a draft international treaty on the prevention of an arms race and the militarization of outer space. The document provides for a ban on the placement of any weapons in near-Earth orbit and on the destruction of space objects, which, according to experts, reduces the risks of global escalation and prevents outer space from turning into a battlefield.
Continuing their joint efforts to prevent the militarization of space, Russia and China signed 22 joint documents at the SCO summit held in 2025. It is also worth noting that on the eve of the summit, the heads of state of the member countries adopted the Tianjin Declaration following the summit in China, which began on August 31, 2025. The declaration included provisions on approaches to regional and international issues and the SCO’s development strategy for the next 10 years, in which the organization’s members spoke out against the militarization of space.
