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
-Soviets could not afford to keep up with this kind of science
-The arms race would not fizzle out until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the USSR in 1985
-Soviets could not afford to keep up with this kind of science
-The arms race would not fizzle out until Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the USSR in 1985