23/03/1983 US President Ronald Reagan introduces Strategic Defense Initiative
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Reagan launches SDI
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23 March 1983: President Reagan's Speech to the Nation on Defense and National Security (SDI Speech)
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STAR WARS - Strategic Defense Initiative
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Did Reagan's Real Star Wars Bankrupt the Soviet Union ?
The Strategic Defense Initiative was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the USA from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons, as Ronald Reagan was a vocal critic of the doctrine of mutual assured destruction. The Initiative officially ended in 1993.
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Essentials
History
Project and proposals
Ground-based programs
Directed-energy weapon (DEW) programs
Space-based programs
Sensor programs
Countermeasures
Response from the Soviet Union
Controversy and criticism