Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) "Star Wars"
- The Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)- Also known as "Star Wars"; wanted to have a defensive umbrella over the U.S to shoot down incoming missiles from space and they would also be able to send missiles from there
- Soviets couldn't afford to keep up with this science
- arms race wouldn't go away until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the USSR in 1985
Summary
The Star Wars and Strategic Defence Initiative was also known as the SDI.This was when they had wanted to have a 'defensive umbrella' over top of the United States. This was to shoot down incoming missiles coming all the way from Space. This was way too expensive so the Soviets could not afford to keep up with this idea. The idea literally came from the movie, Star Wars. Mikhail Gorbachev then came to power in the USSR in 1985 and the arms race wouldn't 'fizzle out' until this had occurred. This time was unsuccessful because of the lack of money that was needed to keep up with this type of science.