Word: shielding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...said the Soviets were intent on "crippling" the Strategic Defense Initiative, as the project for employing futuristic technology as a shield against nuclear attack is formally known...
Reagan repeated his resolve to pursue the Strategic Defense Initiative to produce a shield against attack by nuclear missiles. The issue has become a jobs issue in Colorado...
...that prospect, the Soviets would have no incentive to reduce their offensive forces. Quite the contrary, they would have every reason to increase their arsenal of nuclear spears. In order to maintain their own concept of deterrence, they must be confident of their ability to penetrate and overwhelm whatever shield the U.S. eventually erects...
Critics already are raising some questions about the summit. Would confining SDI to laboratory research for ten years really kill all prospects of eventually deploying the defense shield? Reagan is on record that it would. Not all experts agree, but at the very least the ten-year proposal would give the Soviets more of a chance to catch up with U.S. technology. Are both sides absolutely clear on just what it was that they almost agreed to in Iceland -- specifically, would the near-deal on strategic weapons have eliminated only ballistic missiles or bombers and cruise missiles too? In either...
...deal because SDI was a bargaining chip, and that's the way it should have been played. It didn't have to be signed and delivered in Iceland. The President should have said he needed more time to consider everything. SDI is clearly not the almighty, towering, impregnable shield we hear described. At best, it is a small, leaky, fragile shield. I have grave doubts that it can ever be implemented. SDI should be placed in the proper perspective. But I don't think everything is lost. The important thing to remember now is that the door is still open...