Back to the Future

March marked the 25th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s speech that launched the Strategic Defense Initiative program, one that hoped to create a defensive space shield from incoming nuclear missiles. From nearly the moment that President Reagan’s nationally televised speech ended that March 23rd night, he faced derision and ridicule from the left.

Like many visionaries, President Reagan had his detractors, especially in the press. Some referred to SDI as “fantasy,” the stuff of Buck Rogers. Some even began calling the president “Ray guns.” [snip]

Perhaps the most sublime weapon ever created by humankind, the Pentagon's ray gun featured on the March 2 episode of “60 Minutes” does not kill. Instead, the Active Denial System zaps humans with a 100,000-watt ray that, when used as intended, leaves its targets in retreat, unharmed, and in some instances laughing...

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