The president called on the scientific community to develop space-based lasers that could shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs. HistoryAsItHappens podcast
Forty years ago, 'Return of the Jedi' opened in movie theaters, but 1983 also was a big year for another kind of 'Star Wars.' Two months before the movie premiered, President Ronald Reagan delivered a nationally televised address announcing an initiative to build a space-based missile shield that would use lasers to shoot down incoming ICBMs.
It was, however, part of Reagan's vision for a world free of nuclear weapons, a vision he successfully pursued in negotiations with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. In this episode, Joseph Cirincione, an expert on nuclear non-proliferation and national defense, discusses how the world has moved a long way in the wrong direction from the"golden age" of nuclear arms reduction treaties. This is a podcast for people who want to think historically about current events.
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