The Kremlin indicated on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile shield plans could force the resumption in the foreseeable future of contacts between Moscow and Washington about nuclear arms control.

The Kremlin said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile shield was a “sovereign matter” for the United States, softening its tone after earlier criticism that the plan could destabilize global security.

The Kremlin signaled that President Donald Trumps new Golden Dome missile defense initiative could revive U.S.-Russia dialogue on nuclear arms control. Trump recently unveiled a $175 billion plan for a nationwide

Trump's plans to build a "Golden Dome" U.S. missile defense system undermine "global strategic balance and stability," and should be abandoned, China says.

The Kremlin emphasized on Wednesday the need for renewed dialogue on strategic stability between Russia and the United States. In response to U.S. plans for an anti-missile system, the Kremlin recognizes it as a sovereign U.

The concept behind the missile defence system was that it would provide a way of effectively making nuclear weapons obsolete. Through the application of a defensive system that incorporated both land and space-based missiles, it was believed that any nuclear warhead fired would be destroyed before it was able to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere.

TASS/. The Kremlin is not yet assessing a threat to nuclear parity with the United States from the Golden Dome anti-missile system project, as all nuances need to be understood, Russian ...