Star Wars and Strategic Defence Initiative
- 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
Summary: As the arms race heated up between the US and the USSR, the need for defence became important. The US developed the Strategic Defence Initiative to shoot down oncoming missiles from space. At this period of time, smart weapons like guided planes were quickly advancing.
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Quote: "The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its labourers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."
-Dwight Eisenhower |
If the soviets did keep up with up the united states, would they have won the cold war?
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