Critiques of the original program focused on two central claims: that it was technologically impossible, and that even if it were possible, it would destabilize the conditions of MAD. Another such criticism is that, during the [[September 11]] attack, the SDI would not have offered protection against this form of warfare and that rouge nations to not have the capability to launch a sophisticated nuclear attack against the [[United States]]. | Critiques of the original program focused on two central claims: that it was technologically impossible, and that even if it were possible, it would destabilize the conditions of MAD. Another such criticism is that, during the [[September 11]] attack, the SDI would not have offered protection against this form of warfare and that rouge nations to not have the capability to launch a sophisticated nuclear attack against the [[United States]]. |