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Wow.

Given that I was around (though young) for that and still mostly forgot about it, I imagine "Star Wars," as a reference to the US/USSR missile thing is probably mostly COMPLETELY unknown to the youngsters?



TIL. Who was who?


It didn't even go that deep, as I recall. Just a weird name they attached to it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative




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