The U.S. faces dangerous adversaries but has the tools to create a strong missile-defense system.

Strategic Defense Initiative. Nuclear Deterrence; Nuclear Weapons, China, and a Strategic Defense Initiative for this Century In 2019, I was honored to receive the Hudson Institute’s Herman Kahn ...

The backstory: In 1983, President Ronald Reagan unveiled the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)—a bold proposal to protect the U.S. from nuclear attack using space-based lasers and interceptors.

Will the Golden Dome missile defense system proposed by President Donald Trump protect the US from missile strikes?

NATO's 5% GDP defense target by 2035 sparks global spending shifts. Discover how rising threats boost demand for high-tech ...

On May 20, President Donald Trump launched the Golden Dome missile defense initiative. I was in college when President Ronald Reagan launched the Strategic Defense Initiative—initially mocked by ...

The Strategic Defense Initiative, which has come to be known by its mocking nickname, “Star Wars,” was never operational, and it was all but canceled years after Reagan left office.

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Contextual background on the Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as "Star Wars," was drawn from historical accounts and U.S. policy analyses of the 1980s Cold War arms race.

Contextual background on the Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as "Star Wars," was drawn from historical accounts and U.S. policy analyses of the 1980s Cold War arms race.