BEIJING, May 29 -- Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense, condemned the US for continuously expanding its military build-up and provoking arms race in outer space at a regular press conference in Beijing on Thursday.
According to reports, the US recently unveiled plans for the Golden Dome missile defense system, and announced that it would be completed in 3 years. When being asked to share comment, the spokesperson pointed out that the US presses ahead with the Golden Dome system and deploys space-based weapons, continuously expands its military build-up and stokes an arms race in outer space.
"Such acts violate relevant principles of the Outer Space Treaty, heighten the risk of turning the space into a war zone and triggering a space arms race, and shake the international security and arms control regime," stressed the spokesperson.
The spokesperson warned that the US's actions will once again open the Pandora's box. According to him, this proves again that no country has done more than the US in militarizing the space and making it a battlefield. He urged the US side to stop expanding military build-up in space, and take concrete actions to uphold global strategic stability.