 | 1992 - 626 pages
...President Reagan called on the nation's scientific community to begin a program that would enable the US to "intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles...they reached our own soil or that of our allies." The new program, called the Strategic Defense Initiative, was to employ two technologies that were... | |
 | 1993 - 256 pages
...President Reagan called on the nation's scientific community to begin a program that would enable the US to "intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles...they reached our own soil or that of our allies." The new program, called the Strategic Defense Initiative, was to employ two technologies that were... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1983 - 198 pages
...said, but what if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rest on the threat of instant US retaliation to deter a Soviet...ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil and that of our allies? Let us say we decided to do that, and some clever Soviet decided well, if that... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1984 - 420 pages
...technology that spawned our great industrial base and that have given us the quality of life we enjoy today. What if free people could live secure in the knowledge...before they reached our own soil or that of our allies? 1 know this is a formidable, technical task, one that may not be accomplished before the end of this... | |
 | Douglas P. Lackey - 1984 - 300 pages
...is a sad commentary on the human condition. Wouldn't it be better to save lives than to avenge them? What if free people could live secure in the knowledge...before they reached our own soil or that of our allies? I know this is a formidable technical task, one that may not be accomplished before the end of this... | |
 | 1984 - 40 pages
...Union may have to threaten attack." He asked, ' 'what if free people could live secure in the knowledge that ... we could intercept and destroy strategic...they reached our own soil or that of our allies?" The President ordered an assessment of technologies and systems that might provide a defense against... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1984 - 368 pages
...Union may have to threaten attack." He asked, "what if free people could live secure in the knowledge that... we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic...they reached our own soil or that of our allies?" The President ordered an assessment of technologies and systems that might provide a defense against... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - 1984 - 252 pages
...almost a year ago he stated the challenge thus : "What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that . . . we could intercept and destroy strategic...before they reached our own soil or that of our allies? Would it not be better to save lives than to avenge them ?" This objective freeing civilization from... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services - 1985 - 1252 pages
...capabilities. 4. The Strategic Defense Initiative What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic...before they reached our own soil or that of our allies? President Reagan's historic speech on March 23, 1983, challenged the notion that we must always remain... | |
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What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rest upon the threat of instant US retaliation to deter a Soviet attack, that we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil... 
