NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE In 1983, President Ronald Reagan made the Strategic Defense Initiative proposal which became better known as “Star Wars”. This proposed system would help protect the US by shooting lasers at incoming missiles. “Star Wars” has been credited with helping to end the Cold War with Russia, and when the Russian threat died down, so did the need for a missile defense system. Now there are new threats to our national security that have …showed first 75 words of 327 total…

…showed last 75 words of 327 total…be implemented to his successor in office. Al Gore supports a limited system that will protect all fifty states but nothing else while George W. Bush has been vocal in the past about his views for a system that also protect the US’s allies. With support from both parties and presidential candidates, following through with a national missile defense system is inevitable. The U.S. needs to develop a national missile defense system immediately.