3 edition of The Strategic Defense Initiative found in the catalog.
The Strategic Defense Initiative
Published
1987
by Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service in [Washington, D.C.]
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Other titles | CRS report for Congress |
| Statement | Cosmo DiMaggio and Robert L. Civiak |
| Series | Report (Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service) -- no. 87-475 SPR, Major studies and issue briefs of the Congressional Research Service -- 1987-88, reel 6, fr. 00749 |
| Contributions | Civiak, Robert, Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Microform |
| Pagination | 10 p. |
| Number of Pages | 10 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL17121255M |
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) Ronald Reagan was the 40th American President who served in office from January 20, to January 20, One of the important events during his presidency was the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars). The Strategic Defense Initiative has evolved into a massively funded research and development effort with profound implications not only for weapons technology but also for East-West relations. In this book, preeminent figures from the policymaking and defense communities address critical aspects of the program, offering widely divergent points.
It was the Strategic Defense Initiative, also derisively known as “Star Wars”: the notional orbital laser missile shield to protect us against the “Evil Empire” of the Soviet Union. The U Author: Kevin Bankston. Aug 12, · One milestone was Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative proposal, a technological challenge that could not be met by a Soviet economy already buckling under Author: George Will.
Abstract. Examining the implications for the Western alliance, this volume seeks to evaluate SDI as a means of preventing nuclear war. Of paramount significance to Western security is the Soviet military reaction to the Strategic Defense Initiative and the European interpretation of that reaction. But the administration retained the term Strategic Defense Initiative, and the nickname Star Wars -- which President Reagan distinctly dislikes -- persisted. The SDI is hard to comprehend for a more basic reason: It does not yet exist in the form of concrete weapons systems.
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strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks—as originally conceived, from the Soviet Union. It was first proposed by President Ronald Reagan in a nationwide television address on March 23, Oct 25, · Declaring the US was lagging the Soviet Union in the nuclear arms race, President Ronald Reagan launched the wildly ambitious Strategic Defense Initiative to render Soviet ballistic missiles Author: Joe Gould.
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Strategic Defense Initiative. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), former 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).
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Nov 10, · Jacob Javits, a Republican senator from New York, wrote in a New York Times op-ed, "The same public opinion that brought [President Reagan] to Author: John Wenz. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), On March 23, in a televised address to the nation, U.S.
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Aug 14, · Mira Duric, The Strategic Defence Initiative: US Policy and the Soviet Union. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, pp. $ Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, pp. $ Someday the definitive book will be written on Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and its role in ending the Cold War in the s.
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, under President Ronald Reagan.
The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks .Get this from a library! Strategic defense initiative: folly or future?. [P Edward Haley; Jack N Merritt; Martin C Needler] -- This book covers the Reagan administration's original proposal; the main disagreements about strategic and technical feasibility; the effects of Strategic Defense Initiative .As an editor, he won science fiction’s Hugo Award six times.
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