Opinion: To Protect Or Avenge—40 Years Of The Strategic Defense Initiative

Mike Gruntman

Credit: USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Forty years ago in an address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan challenged the country to develop missile defenses where “we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they have reached our own soil or that of our allies.” Within a few days, the program acquired the name of...

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