mar 23, 1983 - Strategic Defense Initiative introduced

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- colloquially known as "Star Wars"
- Reagan's plan to defend against nuclear weapons
- would use ground and space based lasers to defend against incoming missiles
- never technically possible
- scared Europe as well as the USSR, as a defended USA may be willing to risk a nuclear war
- would place Europe at risk
- threatened the peace imposed by MAD

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