The Strategic Defense Initiative was a proposal of President Ronald Reagan, announced on March 23, 1983. The concept was a missile defense system intended to protect the United States from ballistic nuclear weapons. The proposal came from Reagan's desire to find a way to make nuclear weapons obsolete in the international arena. His plan was controversial, and it was mockingly called "Star Wars."
Star Wars was the name given to Reagan's support of the Strategic Defense Initiative. This strategy was developed under Reagan in comparison to the strategy of "mutually assured destruction."
