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Strategic Defense Initiative

Strategic Defense Initiative proper noun: a system proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.

Proper noun

the Strategic Defense Initiative

  1. (historical) A system proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.
    Synonyms:
    SDI, Star Wars

Synonyms of Strategic Defense Initiative

Questions about Strategic Defense Initiative

What does Strategic Defense Initiative mean?
Strategic Defense Initiative means a system proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.
What part of speech is Strategic Defense Initiative?
Strategic Defense Initiative is a proper noun.

Words near Strategic Defense Initiative in the dictionary

  1. strategi
  2. strategian
  3. strategians
  4. strategic
  5. strategic competence
  6. Strategic Defense Initiative
  7. strategic depth
  8. strategic depths
  9. strategic management
  10. strategic material
  11. strategic materials

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