mar 23, 1983 - Raegan Introduces the SDI (Strategic Defense Inititative)

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A new Strategic Defense Initiative was announced in 1983 (Star Wars). This was a research programme for setting up a space based laser system that would intercept and strike Soviet missiles. This undermined the concept of MAD (mutually assured destruction) which had acted as a deterrence against either side using nuclear weapons

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