Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, 40 Years Later
Thursday, March 23, 2023
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ET
The Heritage Foundation
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Washington, DC 20002
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Featuring
Ambassador Robert Joseph, Ph.D.
Former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, U.S. Department of State
Major General Fran Mahon (ret.)
Former Director of Strategy, Policy, and Plans, NORAD-US Northern Command
Hosted by
Patty-Jane Geller
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for National Defense,
The Heritage Foundation
With Introductory Remarks by
James Jay Carafano
Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute,
The Heritage Foundation
Forty years ago on March 23, President Ronald Reagan announced to the world his plans to develop a missile defense system that would make Soviet ballistic missiles “impotent and obsolete,” an effort in which The Heritage Foundation played a significant role. Yet, since Reagan established this Strategic Defense Initiative, plans for a comprehensive homeland missile defense system have deteriorated. Today, the U.S. only maintains about 44 ground-based interceptors meant to address the rogue state threat, with a codified policy against using homeland missile defenses to address the more sophisticated Russian and Chinese ballistic missile threats. As North Korea, Russia, China, and potentially Iran develop missiles capable of reaching the U.S. homeland at an unprecedented rate, this 40-year anniversary marks an important time to reevaluate the current state and future of homeland missile defense.

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