23 März 1983 Jahr - Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
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Description: In response to increasing tensions, Reagan launched the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also called “Star Wars,” a missile defense program that destroyed Soviet nuclear missiles targeting the US in space.
Significance: The event was perceived as the beginning of an arms race, and it helped end the cold war as it presented the Soviet Union with a technological challenge that they would later fail to meet.
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