Defending American Citizens: The Strategic Defense Initiative

The President Ronald Reagan Legacy Project will honor the multiple policy initiatives and legacies America inherited as a result of President Reagan’s vision, intentions, and actions that established the foundation for constitutional public policy pointing the way forward even today. Defending the citizenry was among his highest priorities and a role he believed was the central constitutional responsibility of the national government. Our first program will, therefore, address his announcement of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and the goal to protect American security from not only established enemy states, but also rogue regimes or terrorist groups who could launch nuclear weapons on the United States or our allies and examine how this vision is relevant to today’s missile defense challenges.