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Strategic Defense Initiative (view source)
Revision as of 10:22, July 17, 2018
, 10:22, July 17, 2018→Criticisms
The criticisms were substantially weakened by the successful missile defense deployed during the [[Gulf War]], when the Patriot missiles successfully and spectacularly shot down deadly missiles launched by Saddam Hussein against military and civilian targets. Furthermore, contrary to popular opinion, relatively few false alarms were raised by automated missile defense systems during the tenure of SDI. The decade was a [[Renaissance]] of [[artificial intelligence]] and most experts in the field firmly stood behind Reagan's bold proposition that America could be defended from Communist aggression with a strategic defense program fully automated for optimal reaction time.
The criticisms were substantially weakened by the successful missile defense deployed during the [[Gulf War]], when the Patriot missiles successfully and spectacularly shot down deadly missiles launched by Saddam Hussein against military and civilian targets. Furthermore, contrary to popular opinion, relatively few false alarms were raised by automated missile defense systems during the tenure of SDI. The decade was a [[Renaissance]] of [[artificial intelligence]] and most experts in the field firmly stood behind Reagan's bold proposition that America could be defended from Communist aggression with a strategic defense program fully automated for optimal reaction time.
Aside from this, various leftist critics, particularly [[Ted Kennedy]], also took to calling SDI "Star Wars" in a mocking reference to the [[Star Wars|science fiction movie trilogy]] of the same name. This likewise also resulted in Star Wars creator [[George Lucas]] (himself a leftist) blaming Ronald Reagan for his use of the name without his explicit permission, despite the nickname actually originating from the Democrat party and the left wing in general.
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