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23h 51min, mar 23, 1983 y - SDI activated

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Reagan activated SDI as a way of making the US seem superior to the Soviet's nuclear weapons.
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as Star Wars, was a program first initiated on March 23, 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. The intent of this program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union.

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23h 51min, mar 23, 1983 y
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~ 42 years ago