Star Wars and Strategic Defense Initiative
Notes:
- The Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) - Also known as “Star Wars”; wanted to have a defensive umbrella over the U.S. to shoot down incoming missiles from space
- Soviets could not afford to keep up with this kind of science
- The arms race would not fizzle out until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the USSR in 1985
SUMMARY :
Thinks about shooting missiles down with lasers. Regan puts millions of dollars into research, subsequently the soviets tried to keep up and also spend millions of dollars on research for this. Is an influence in Reganomics
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Subjunctive questions:
To what degree did Regan's passion for film influence his political policies during the cold war?