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-President Reagan's project to deploy lasers in space that would destroy enemy missiles before they could reach their targets.The Soviets protested that it violated the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty.The project cost billions of dollars without producing a working system.

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The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as "Star Wars," was President Reagan's project to develop space-based lasers that could destroy enemy missiles. The project faced opposition from the Soviet Union, who argued it violated the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, and ultimately cost billions of dollars without producing a working system.

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