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Term:
Star Wars / Strategic
Defense Initiative
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Definition:
Star Wars / Strategic Defense Initiative
Ronald Reagan
abandoned détente.
Strategic Defense Initiative was an elaborate technological endeavor
that looked to zap missiles out of the sky. The plan sounded like
science fiction, so it was labeled Star Wars. The Soviet Union began
to fall during Reagan's Presidency, and the Cold War would be over
by 1991.
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