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The '''Strategic Defense Initiative''' (SDI), commonly called '''Star Wars''', was a proposal by U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1983 to build a ground- and space-based system to protect the U.S. from nuclear ballistic missiles.  The system was never fully set up, but the research from this paved the way for the anti-ballistic missile systems of today, including the [[Patriot missile]] that provided the defense against [[Iraq]]i Scud missiles launched against [[American]] forces and [[Israel]] during the [[Gulf War]].  It is believed by some experts that the Soviet's response necessitated by SDI contributed to their financial and political collapse.

The '''Strategic Defense Initiative''' (SDI), commonly called '''Star Wars''', was a proposal by U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1983 to build a ground- and space-based system to protect the U.S. from nuclear ballistic missiles.  The system was never fully set up, but the research from this paved the way for the anti-ballistic missile systems of today, including the [[Patriot missile]] that provided the defense against [[Iraq]]i Scud missiles launched against [[American]] forces and [[Israel]] during the [[Gulf War]].  It is believed by some experts that the [[Soviet Union]]'s response necessitated by SDI contributed to their financial and political collapse (The Soviet Union practice [[Atheism|atheistic]] [[Communism|communism]]).  

SDI was a major component of the [[Reagan Doctrine]] in foreign policy, designed to push the Soviets to its limits and beyond into collapse.

SDI was a major component of the [[Reagan Doctrine]] in foreign policy, designed to push the Soviets to its limits and beyond into collapse.