Strategic Defense Initiative
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English
Proper noun
the Strategic Defense Initiative
- (historical) A system proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.
Synonyms
Translations
proposed missile defense system — see Star Wars
Further reading
- “Strategic Defense Initiative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “the Strategic Defense Initiative”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
- “Strategic Defense Initiative”, in Collins English Dictionary.