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Wikipedia: Strategic Defense Initiative HandoutWikipedia: Strategic Defense Initiative Handout
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Wikipedia: Strategic Defense Initiative

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Detailed entry for the Strategic Defense Initiative, better known by its byname, Star Wars. Covers history of the program, weapons research and development, and criticism of the program.

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star wars

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anti-ballistic missile, chemical laser, countermeasures, directed-energy weapon, missile defense system, strategic bomber, x-ray laser, brilliant pebbles, exoatmospheric reentry-vehicle interceptor subsystem, extended range interceptor, homing overlay experiment, hypervelocity rail gun, intercontinental ballistic missile, neutral particle beam, project excalibur, sdi, space-based interceptor, criticism of sdi, criticism of strategic defense initiative, strategic defense initiative (star wars)

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This content is from Wikipedia

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