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Strategic Defense Initiative (view source)
Revision as of 23:56, January 9, 2008
, 23:56, January 9, 2008Patriot missile during Gulf War
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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{{fact}}. 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 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.
==Goals of SDI==
==Goals of SDI==