SDI and Arms Control

Abstract

President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI, and the pursuit of defenses to protect against ballistic missile attack are issues of significant debate. Some praise the proposal, first made in a presidential address to the nation on 23 March 1983, as a grand vision that will abolish nuclear blackmail by adopting a totally defensive posture. Others condemn it as being destabilizing, a Pandora's box of strategic transition that could precipitate armed conflict.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA271576

Entities

People

  • Howard G. Dewolf

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Launchers
  • Military Strategy
  • Negotiations
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Research Facilities
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies