SDI
Notes
Smart weapons are developed and controlled by computer "guided"
- Ronald's personal idea of defense: SDI or Star Wars
- Strategic Defense Initiative, a defensive umbrella over the U.S to shoot down incoming missiles from space with lasers
- Soviets could not afford to keep up
- The arms race would not fizzle out until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in 1985 for the USSR
Smart weapons are developed and controlled by computer "guided"
- Ronald's personal idea of defense: SDI or Star Wars
- Strategic Defense Initiative, a defensive umbrella over the U.S to shoot down incoming missiles from space with lasers
- Soviets could not afford to keep up
- The arms race would not fizzle out until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in 1985 for the USSR
Quote: "The subject I want to discuss with you, peace and national security, is both timely and important" - Ronald Reagan
BIG Question: If they had more money would they of been able to achieve the SDI?
Summary: Smart weapons are devoloped and become run by a computer. Reagan personal idea of defence was like that of Star Wars. This was a defensive umbrella over the U.S to shoot down incoming missiles from space with lasers. The Soviets at this point could no longer afford to keep up. The arms race would not fizzle out until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in 1985 for the USSR.