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Minister of Defense Pete Hegsetth Rejected Chinese claim that the Golden Dome will turn the space into a “war zone”.
“All we care about is the protection of the homeland,” Hegsetth told Fox News Digital as he left the trip to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
President Donald Trump He said for a long time that the defense of the homeland was crucial to his “American First” policy, and the Golden Dome was a generational investment.
The Chinese Foreign Minister Mao Ning claimed that the golden dome “is a strong offensive nature and violates the principle of peaceful use in the Space Agreement.”
“The project will increase the risk Converting space into a war zone And creating a space race of weapons and shaking the international safety and weapon control system, “Mao said.” We now invite to give up the development and deployment of the global against works. “
Trump, along with Hegseth, has published some details about the project earlier in the week, explaining that there is an ambitious plan to complete the rocket defense shield in three years for $ 125 billion.
Hegsetth also responded to the return because of his decision to start a monthly Christian prayer service in Pentagon, which caused a discussion of religious freedom and separation of the Church and the state.
“Appeal to heaven, God, is a long tradition in our army,” said Defense Minister of Peta Hegsetth about his monthly Pentagon Prayer Service. (Small officer 1. Class Alexander Kubitz/Navy)
“We said it very publicly and we said it very proudly. Appeal to heaven, God, is a long tradition in our army,” Hegsetth said, adding that George Washington got a bent knee together with his continental army forces.
“I appeal to Jesus Christ for this protection, to speak that word and be open and willing to talk about it in Pentagon. If they want to criticize it, they are on the wrong side,” he said.
His remarks followed after the 82th aircraft division of military parachutes during the “All -American Week”.
There, he celebrated the change of name of the North Carolina base from Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg.
Defense Minister Peta Hegsetth speaks as he publishes President Donald Trump about the shield of the shield of the Golden Dome’s Proofex Defense at the White House oval office in Washington, DC, May 20, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
“It’s Fort Bragg again,” Hegsetth told fans from the crowd.
“Nothing is wrong with Fort Liberty. Give me freedom or give me death. I love it,” Hegsetth said. “But give me Fort Bragg every day of the week.”
He also addressed the critics who said he had no strategic experience to serve as a defense minister and recorded the media.
“Our fake news friends are here,” Hegsetth said. “Some of them said:” Critics might say that you cannot choose the army to be a defense minister. It must be one of our many distinguished generals or congressmen or business leaders or corporate leaders. “
“One of the criticisms was that we need someone who can think a strategic, big picture. We can’t have a guy who thinks like a hull, to which I say ‘Hell, yes, we can have a guy who thinks like a hull.”
Said the crowd Military paratroopers, “I was in that formation, loose my knees, took a deep breath, looked over the horizon, sweated, and wondered how many hours it was, but I couldn’t move my hand. I was in your boots – not yours.
Paratroopers perform a pass in the review while visiting Secretary of the Defense of Pete Hegsetth. (Small officer 1. Class Alexander Kubitz/Navy)
Hegsetth announced an increase in paratrooping jumps to cheer more than the crowd.
The salary for the incentives for danger, known as the “Summer of Pay” for military army jumping from the plane, will increase from $ 150 a month to $ 200.
Jump Masters, older paratroopers who train and run jump surgery, will notice a salary increase from $ 150 to $ 300.
“Here are our parachutes, our jumpers, who do difficult things in difficult places that most Americans can never imagine,” Hegsetth said.
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Since 2006, the army has held 56,756 paid parachute positions, according to General Gregory Anderson, head of the 18th Airline Corps. This number will be reduced by 20,000, which will allow wages to increase for those who maintain their jump status.
Limited ability and aircraft resources meant “knowledge degradation,” Anderson told reporters. “The goal must be very high quality in relation to the quantity.”
