Nemo > Remember star wars program I think it was Reagan was suppose to get rid of them
Actually Captain,
Reagan proposed the 'Star Wars' thingie. And the spin-offs from
trying to develop computers small enough and light enough to put
on missiles and rockets sparked a revolution that led to todays
PC's, PLC's, and other techno-widgets. Many of which enabled
machinery to do some of the 'drudge work' for us.
Zim.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons (intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles).The concept was first announced publicly by President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983. Reagan was a vocal critic of the doctrine of mutual assured ...
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