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The '''Strategic Defense Initiative''' (SDI), which is also commonly called '''Star Wars''' (at first by detractors), was a proposal by U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1983 to build a ground based 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]] 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 helped drive their financial and political downfall.

The '''Strategic Defense Initiative''' (SDI), which is also commonly called '''Star Wars''' (at first by detractors), 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.

==Goals of SDI==

==Goals of SDI==