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...DEFENSE INITIATIVE. THREE YEARS AGO PRESIDENT REAGAN EXPRESSED THE CONVICTION THAT FREE PEOPLE SHOULD LIVE SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR SECURITY DID NOT REST UPON THE THREAT OF RETALIATION TO DETER A SOVIET NUCLEAR ATTACK. AT THAT TIME HE DESCRIBED THE THREAT POSED BY INCREASING...

...nuclear weapons to prevent nuclear conflict He presented that vision, and that challenge, in this way: What if free people could live secure in the knowledge...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...

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...RESEARCH PROGRAM. THREE YEARS AGO PRESIDENT REAGAN EXPRESSED THE CONVICTION THAT FREE PEOPLE SHOULD LIVE SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEIR SECURITY DID NOT REST UPON THE THREAT OF RETALIATION TO DETER A SOVIET NUCLEAR ATTACK. AT THAT TIME HE DESCRIBED THE THREAT POSED BY INCREASING...

...the end of this threat of instant US retaliation to deter a So32 THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE OPTION viet attack, that we could intercept and destroy strategic ballistic missiles before they reached our own soil or that of our Allies?" While acknowledging the formidable technical tasks involved, he concluded...

...ballistic missiles is central. 52 mate goal of eliminating the threat posed by strategic nuclear missiles: What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rely upon the threat of instant US retaliation to deter a Soviet attack, that we could intercept and...

...to begin to achieve the ultimate goal of eliminating the threat posed by strategic nuclear missiles: What if free people could live secure in the knowledge that their security did not rely upon the threat of instant US retaliation to deter a Soviet attack, that we could intercept and...

...those in which he asked rhetorically, 'Wouldn't it be better to save lives than to avenge them?'; and 'What if free people could live secure in the knowledge...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...