Ronald Reagan's Vision The Star Wars Defense Initiative

Wonder Land: In 1986, Sen. Joe Biden mocked as 'reckless' Ronald Reagan's 'Strategic Defense Initiative,' a program to counter the ballistic ... ... 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 determination to destroy communism and the ... Even though Reagan's “Star Wars” never led to the deployment of an ... The Strategic Defense Initiative, a.k.a. SDI, was President Ronald Reagan's 1983 proposed Star Wars program that "called for a land- or space- ... Reagan's Star Wars. On March 23, 1983, President Reagan proposed the ... On March 23, 1983, President Reagan proposed the creation of the Strategic Defense ... On 23 March 1983, Ronald Reagan proposes the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI), a major technological programme commonly referred to as 'Star Wars'. President Ronald Reagan's ill-fated Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) – America's attempt to militarise space at the height of the Cold War. Reagan's plan—officially, the “Strategic Defense Initiative”—was instantly dubbed the “Star Wars” program. Soviet President Yuri Andropov called it “insane.” ... After Ronald Reagan announced SDI, the media sarcastically dubbed it “Star Wars” since it seemed to rely on futuristic technology, including space-based ... Ronald Reagan gave us Star Wars, a mythical promise to put a shield over the United States. During the campaign, Bill Clinton went out of his way to endorse ...