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Latest revision as of 00:37, November 20, 2025
A missile-defense system is a system that can stop incoming missiles by firing another projectile, such as an anti-ballistic missile, at it. The first anti-ballistic missile was tested by the Soviet Union in 1961, and the United States soon developed one also.[1] The two countries signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (AMB Treaty) in 1972, which conservatives like Phyllis Schlafly opposed.[1]
In order to eliminate the threat of a large-scale nuclear attack on the United States, U.S. President Ronald Reagan developed the Strategic Defense Initiative, and missile-defense systems continued to develop afterward.[1] The U.S. successfully tested its missile-defense system in 2017.[2][3]
A missile defense system – the ability to shoot down an incoming missile with a missile – ended the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD) in favor of what Reagan termed Assured Survival.[4] Democrats and liberals vehemently opposed Reagan and clung to the anti-technology growth Doctrine of MAD, mockingly calling missile defense "Star Wars – a futuristic fantasy."[5]
See also
- THAAD, a specific missile-defense system based in South Korea
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stracqualursi, Veronica (May 31, 2017). A brief history of US missile defense systems. ABC News. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ↑ US conducts successful missile intercept test, Pentagon says. Fox News. May 30, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ↑ Parry, Hannah (May 30, 2017). America's missile defense system WORKS: The Pentagon successfully shoots down a mock nuclear warhead over California in test of missile that will stop ICBMs reaching the US. The Daily Mail. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.thereaganvision.org/the-reagan-vision/
- ↑ https://youtu.be/tu1r_rlUtXg
External link
- U.S. Missile Defense Deception /MIT Professor Ted Postol, Daniel Davis / Deep Dive, November 19, 2025.