The Dawn of Star Wars With Ronald Reagan as Guide

The idea dates to former President Ronald Reagan's administration, when it was derided as "Star Wars." Because such a system would require ... See the Defending America and the Galaxy: Star Wars and SDI Exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Library. Subscribe to FOX 11 on YouTube: ... Reagan said he wanted to avoid nuclear Armageddon, critics called the Strategic Defense Initiative far‑fetched and expensive. In January 1982, Dr. Edward Teller, a physicist who played a central role in developing the hydrogen bomb, met with President Reagan to discuss new ways of ... Wonder Land: In 1986, Sen. Joe Biden mocked as 'reckless' Ronald Reagan's 'Strategic Defense Initiative,' a program to counter the ballistic ... ... Ronald Reagan National Airport.” What are we to make of this longing for the ... Reagan's Star Wars plan. By the early 1990s, missile defense was an ... 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 ... Reagan described the SDI system as a way to eliminate the threat of nuclear attack; once the system was developed, its existence would benefit everyone. In ... Ronald Reagan had spent a great deal of time with his scientific and defense advisors before his 1983 defense speech in which, at the end (and to the surprise ... ... War that captured global attention. In 1983, United States President Ronald Reagan introduced his Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).