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25 Years of the Other Star Wars

Not so long ago, right here in our Galaxy, Emperor Ronald Reagan announced the other Star Wars, the Strategic Defense Initiative which started the last phase of the Cold War with the Soviet Union (whom, funnily enough, El Presidente called the Evil Empire.) In these 25 years since his March 23 speech, calling the scientific community to give the "means of rendering nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete," the SDI has morphed into various projects and technologies, like the Aegis interception system which took down the evil spy satellite last February, as you can see in this official Department of Defense video. Here's the story of the SDI program and how it evolved: More »

5:10 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Jesus Diaz
23,565 views, 29 comments

Latest by Gary_7vn: @endo: I can't think, I am stupid, that was your diagnosis. And besides you don't have any facts, let alone "intel". Your last post is proof of that. When you start with insults, you get insults. I learned that in kindergarten. Made more »