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Democrats / Clinton shut down the original Star Wars program because they favored arms control (arguing Star Wars was illegal under the Anti Ballistic Missile T
by georgeg23 4y ago
Democrats / Clinton shut down the original Star Wars program because they favored arms control (arguing Star Wars was illegal under the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty)
That treaty expired in 2002 and then Elon went to Russia to buy some ICBMs...
- Throwawayaerlei 4y agoThe Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a Nixon-Brezhnev 1972 thing, albeit ratified by a Democratic Senate in the same year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty
- georgeg23 4y agoYes Good recent discussion: https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/12/16/approaching-third-rail-trilateral-treaty-to-prohibit-space-based-missile-defenses-pub-85965 https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/12/16/approaching-third-r...
- adgjlsfhk1 4y agoThey also shut down star wars because it relied on magic that didn't exist. Raegan was a big fan of big projects that didn't make technical sense (see also the SSC)
- candiodari 4y agoDo "kill vehicles" that are only capable of destroying a few tens of square meters at best really illegal under the ballistic missile treaty?