Galaxy Wire » SDI http://galaxywire.net The Space News Aggregator Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:22:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 SPACE ART: Soviet Space-Based Strategic Defense http://galaxywire.net/2009/07/22/space-art-soviet-space-based-strategic-defense/ http://galaxywire.net/2009/07/22/space-art-soviet-space-based-strategic-defense/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:33:48 +0000 http://galaxywire.net/?p=2114 soviet-space-based-strategic-defense-space-art

(Above) While publicly opposed to the US Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), the Soviet Union forged ahead with research and development of land, air, and space-based ballistic missile defenses. The Soviets deployed and tested ground-based lasers capable of interfering with some US satellites.

This painting was done by Ronald C. Wittmann for the US Defense Intelligence Agency.

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