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Star Wars Missile Defense Van Borgquist

What is the Star Wars Missile Defense The Star Wars Missile Defense was a satellite defense system proposed by Ronald Reagan. The president created the SDI to build and research the satellite and it’s technology. The president proposed the satellite to defend America from soviet missiles and nuclear weapons.

SDI -The SDI Was a program proposed by Ronald Reagan to build The Star Wars Missile Defense. -SDI stands for strategic defense initiative -The SDI’s job was to research the technology for star wars.

The Soviets The soviets believed in Communism where everyone worked for the common good. The soviets were part of the cause of the cold war they developed weapons and missiles and they scared the rest of the world.

The closing of Star Wars Star Wars was a massive government project and took 3 billion dollars total The Ronald Reagan proposed this idea on march The program did not have a suitable power source these are the reasons they closed star wars

QUIZ TIME! -What was the Star Wars Missile defense created for?

To combat soviet nuclear weapons.

what did the Soviets believe in?

Communism.

Who created The star wars project

Ronald Reagan

How much money did the U.S spend on star wars

3 Billion

The End Thank You for paying attention