jan 1, 1983 - 1983 - The Strategic Defense Initiative was proposed by Ronald Reagan and often referred to as 'Star Wars' to be a missile defense system to preemptively strike down missiles entering US airspace. It was never actually implemented, but nevertheless would have been an expansion of federal power into space, a domain now considered international waters.
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jan 1, 1983
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~ 42 years ago