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Strategic Defense Initiative

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), U.S. government program responsible for research and development of a space-based system to defend the nation from attack by strategic ballistic missiles (see guided missile ). The program is now administered by the Missile Defense Agency (originally the Strategic Defense Initiative Office), a separate agency in the U.S. Dept. of Defense . SDI, popularly referred to as "Star Wars," was announced by President Ronald Reagan in a speech in Mar., 1983, and was derided by his critics as unrealistic. Space programs from other agencies and services were... Read more
The Strategic Defense Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a...of missile defenses, Reagan was...feasibility of strategic defenses. In April 1984...technical and strategic studies, DoD chartered the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization...Secretary of Defense ... Read more
Strategic Defense Initiative
Strategic Defense Initiative. On 23 March 1983, President...obsolete.” The president's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was fiercely attacked...overshadowed by other concerns, the Strategic Defense Initiative remained as central to U.S... Read more

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