Reagan's Bold Vision The Star Wars Defense System

The United States "Star Wars" Program proposed by President Reagan in 1983. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a proposal by U.S. President Ronald ... In 1983, president Ronald Reagan shocked the world when he announced that the United States was developing an ultra-modern defense system against ... 1983: President Reagan announces his "Star Wars" missile-defense program. Image may contain Ronald Reagan Tie Accessories Accessory Human Person ... During the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan initiated the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), an anti-ballistic missile program that was ... ... Ronald Reagan said on March 23, 1983. The speech announced the creation of a new missile defense called the Strategic Defense Initiative ... Ronald Reagan's new Strategic Defense Initiative, dubbed "Star Wars," sparked fear among some Soviet leaders--of a preemptive nuclear strike ... Amazon.com: Way Out There In the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War: 9780743200233: FitzGerald, Frances: Books. Shultz suggested that this feeling of helplessness, coupled with Teller's defensive ideas combined to motivate SDI. : 261–62. In the fall of 1979, at Reagan's ... President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, or "star wars") has been a con- spicuous incentive to arms control. Ronald Reagan's determination to destroy communism and the ... Even though Reagan's “Star Wars” never led to the deployment of an ...