Question

What military program did President Reagan initiate in order to protect the United States from outside missile attack in the 1980s?
A. Global Defending Warning
B. SALT I
C. Strategic Defense Initiative
D. Constainment

Answer 1

The answer is C. Strategic Defense Initiative (or SDI). It was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons. The concept was first announced publicly by President Ronald Reagan on 23 March 1983.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is C. The military program that President Reagan initiated in order to protect the United States from outside missile attacks in the 1980s was the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Explanation:

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a planned defense project in the United States during Ronald Reagan's time as president. The aim of this project was to be able to knock out enemy ballistic nuclear weapons using weapons placed in satellites. The main component of SDI was so-called directed energy weapons (DEW), which were different types of laser or energetic particle beams. However, SDI was never implemented according to its original intentions, much because of major technological difficulties and due to the extensive criticism on technical and political grounds. The project was officially discontinued in 1993.