Ronald Reagan spent a "fortune" (he exagerated to the Soviet Union) on SDI and brought down the Iron Curtain since the Soviets they couldn't grow enough potatoes to bulster their economy to compete with us in an arms race.
Live history or learn from it.
I did. Now want to discuss why Dishnet & Direct tv technology was here in 1982 actually before that but could not be deployed? It was related to Star Wars. We got in a bird war with Russia that set back that technology. We were taking each other birds out. Another point I stand by is it is very vunerable to solar flares. I'm not against it but we very well have a lot more to back it up.