The Strategic Defense Initiative: Program Description and Major Issues

Abstract

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) has prompted one of the most heated national security debates in recent times. The current debate, within the scientific and technical as well as the defense communities, has already and will likely continue to cause evolution in both program objectives and substance. This report describes the evolution, composition, and major issues of the SDI. Among the issues discussed are technical feasibility, the rate and level of funding, strategic policy and military utility, arms control, NATO Alliance reactions and involvement, technology transfer to the Soviet Union, and the militarization of space.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 07, 1986
Accession Number
ADA477815

Entities

People

  • Arthur F. Manfredi Jr.
  • Cosmo Dimaggio
  • Steven A. Hildreth

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Countermeasures
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • International Security
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Security
  • Space Based
  • Space Sciences
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Technology Transfer
  • United States
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space