SDI

As the world watches the anti-missiles knock down the missiles over the skies of Israel some recall how Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was ridiculed and called Star Wars. The media: Various media outlets, including the New York Times, mocked SDI, with some labeling it as an expression of "anti-Communist paranoia" and a "convergence of political crisis and scientific hubris". Various media outlets, including the New York Times, mocked SDI, with some labeling it as an expression of "anti-Communist paranoia" and a "convergence of political crisis and scientific hubris".