notes
-Operation Star Wars
-Reagan wanted to create a missile shield in space
-The idea was for satellites to shoot down missiles down with lasers
-Soviets could not afford to keep up with this research
-The arms race would not end until Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power in 1985
-Reagan wanted to create a missile shield in space
-The idea was for satellites to shoot down missiles down with lasers
-Soviets could not afford to keep up with this research
-The arms race would not end until Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power in 1985
summary
As apart of the arms race and technology research conflict between the USSR and the US, Reagan order for the development of a missile shield that would use satellite lasers to destroy in coming missiles. This would result in the Soviets not being able to afford to keep up with the Americans which lead to the end of the arms race.