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“Star Wars” Is Needed- As Usual, Reagan Was Right

In 1983 President Ronald Reagan proposed a defense system that could virtually render harmless nuclear warheads in flight. His statements and propoasals were inspired by recent scientific developments that he believed could, with more research and development, replace the previously prominent defense/deterent stratey of MAD (mutually assured destruction). Reagan forsaw an ever-increasing need for the United States and her allies to defend aginst nuclear missile attack. He was also driven by his desire to replace strategies that would include devastating destruction here and elsewhere with a destruction of the weapons, only, before they could do real harm. Led by a ridiculing press, Reagan’s plans were derided mercilessly by his detractors and his plans were only fractionally employed. During the Clinton years, missile defense systems were markedly weakened. With the recent actions of North Korea, guided by an unrelenting drive for world domination, and the actions of Iran, driven by a terrifying “suicide bomber” mentality, Reagan’s vision of a space -based defense suddenly doesn’t seem so silly. While everybody is demanding the development of effective defense strategies, remember that we’d be decades ahead if not for the media, the democrats and the Clinton Administration. -sjm