The program, called Star Wars, was never put into effect. It remained a symbol of U.S. anti-Communist sentiment, however.
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| ---a program to protect the U.S. against attack by enemy missiles, proposed in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan but never implemented--formally known as the Strategic Defense Initiative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| President Reagan described to the nation his proposal of an orbiting anti-missile system, the Strategic Defense Initiative(SDI) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| =Ronald Reagan Abandons Detente= | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The fiercely anti-Communist U.S. President Ronald Reagan took office in 1981. He continued his country's retreat from detente. In 1983, he announced a program-- the Strategic Defense Initiative(SDI)---to protect America against enemy missiles. The program, called Star Wars, was never put into effect. It remained a symbol of U.S. anti-Communist sentiment, however. |
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