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Strategic Defense Initiative
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The Strategic Defense Initiative, nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic nuclear missiles. The program wa
The bright spikes extending below the initial fireball of one of 1952's Operation Tumbler–Snapper test shots, are known as the "rope trick effect". Th
The bright spikes extending below the initial fireball of one of 1952's Operation Tumbler–Snapper test shots, are known as the "rope trick effect". They are caused by the intense flash of thermal/soft X-rays released by the explosion heating the steel tower guy-wires white hot. The development of the W71 and the Project Excalibur x-ray laser were based on enhancing the destructive effects of these x-rays.
Extended Range Interceptor (ERINT) launch from White Sands Missile Range
Extended Range Interceptor (ERINT) launch from White Sands Missile Range
13 ft (4 m) diameter web deployed by Homing Overlay Experiment
13 ft (4 m) diameter web deployed by Homing Overlay Experiment
The 1984 SDI concept of a space based Nuclear reactor pumped laser or a chemical hydrogen fluoride laser satellite resulted in this 1984 artist's conc
The 1984 SDI concept of a space based Nuclear reactor pumped laser or a chemical hydrogen fluoride laser satellite resulted in this 1984 artist's concept of a laser-equipped satellite firing on another, causing a momentum change in the target object by laser ablation. Before having to cool and re-aim at further possible targets.
Reykjavík Summit
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The Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 11–12 October 1986. The talks collapsed at
Strategic Defense Initiative
…system that could neutralize much of an adversary's nuclear counter-strike force would potentially embolden the possessor to strike first. During the Reykjavík talks with Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986, Reagan addressed Gorbachev's concerns about imbalance by stating that SDI technology could be provided to the entire…
Reagan and Gorbachev in Höfði
Reagan and Gorbachev in Höfði
The former French consulate and British embassy, called Höfði, was the site of the Reykjavík Summit in 1986.
The former French consulate and British embassy, called Höfði, was the site of the Reykjavík Summit in 1986.
Negotiations.
Negotiations.