NO one is likely to deny that since August 1945, when the first atomic bomb was used, the nature of warfare has changed. In the United States the great importance of the change was quickly appreciated ...

It is now 40 years since President Ronald Reagan announced his plan for a Strategic Defense Initiative that would replace the mutual-hostage nuclear relationship between America and Russia. Reagan ...

Ken Adelman, former Arms Control and Disarmament Agency director, and other former policy officials reflected on former President Ronald Reagan and the 40th anniversary of the Strategic Defense ...

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.

The most powerful “weapon” of the Cold War wasn’t a weapon but an initiative dismissed by skeptics as “Star Wars,” that is, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). And it was 40 years ...

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.