WASHINGTON--James A. Ionson’s four-year tenure as director of SDI’s Innovative Science and Technology (IST) program was punctuated by controversy over the idea of a strategic defense and the role of ...

Today, a year later, the fate of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)-and with it the "Brilliant Pebbles" approach ... But many scientists say that the July 1988 meeting in the White House was much ...

The initiative draws inspiration from President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) of the 1980s, often referred to as "Star Wars," but with a focus on leveraging cutting-edge ...

Reagan’s experience with the Strategic Defense Initiative has lessons for the U.S. today, with the unmissable irony that ...