"Strategic Defense Initiative" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Strategic Defense Initiative [canonical]
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  1. (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. Wikipedia link: Strategic Defense Initiative Tags: historical Categories (topical): Astronautics, Nuclear warfare, Ronald Reagan, Weapons Synonyms: SDI, Star Wars
    Sense id: en-Strategic_Defense_Initiative-en-name-FhvCNPm0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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