Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
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defunct American missile defense system (1984-1993)
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Stanford CS547 HCI Seminar | Winter 2026 | What's Up with AI?
Stanford Online
Also known as 'Star Wars', a proposed missile defense system from the 1980s that aimed to use computers and AI to identify and shoot down incoming missiles.
Lord Michael Heseltine | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union
OxfordUnion
A US defense initiative with a large budget, used as an example to illustrate the scale of US technological and industrial investment and the need for European partnership.