Reagan's Vision for a Star Wars-Protected Future

... Ronald Reagan announced the other Star Wars, the Strategic Defense Initiative which started the last phase of the Cold War with the Soviet Union (whom ... for President Ronald Reagan's program was and remains political manipulation- not military necessity, not technological fix. THE POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SDI. On March 23, 1983, in what later became known as his "Star Wars" speech, President Ronald Reagan announces his plans to develop an anti-missile capability ... ... Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative SDI, or as it is popularly known, Star Wars--under the weight of a putative $1 trillion price tag. Some critics ... President Ronald Reagan delivers address to the nation on defense and national security (SDI). Delivered 23 March 1983, White House, ... Stream full episodes of Ronald Reagan's Star Wars only on Fox Nation. Become a member today for exclusive content & more! 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 ... In 1983 U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), which was nicknamed by some as “Star Wars. President Ronald Reagan had a fancy name for it — Strategic Defense Initiative. S.D.I. His detractors dubbed it a “Star Wars” project. The idea was.