Strategic Defense Initiative (English Wikipedia)

"The Strategic Defense Initiative — The Other "Star Wars"". Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Archived from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024.

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"Delta Star: an SDIO Space Experiment". The Aerospace Corporation. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2006.

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"James Olberg, Space Power Theory, Ch. 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2013.

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Watkins Lang, Sharon (February 3, 2015). "Today in Space and Missile Defense History". US Army.

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White Sands Missile Range. "ERINT – Extended Range Interceptor". Archived from the original on June 23, 2006. Retrieved March 10, 2006.

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Lang, Sharon Watkins (March 2007). "Where do we get 'Star Wars?'" (PDF). The Eagle. SMDC/ASTRAT Historical Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2009.

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"The secret laser-toting Soviet satellite that almost was – Ars Technica". September 26, 2013. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013.

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"Bambi". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2016.
"A35". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on July 2, 2007. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
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"SVC Lockheed HOE". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on October 26, 2003. Retrieved March 10, 2006.
"Lockheed ERIS". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on May 1, 2002. Retrieved March 10, 2006.
"Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment (LACE)". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on July 21, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

atomicheritage.org

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FitzGerald, Frances (February 21, 2001). Way Out There In the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War. Simon and Schuster. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-7432-0377-7.
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Graham, Daniel O. (1995). Confessions of a Cold Warrior: An Autobiography. Preview Press. ISBN 0-9644495-2-8. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007.

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Rosen, M. D.; Hagelstein, P. L.; Matthews, D. L.; Campbell, E. M.; Hazi, A. U.; Whitten, B. L.; MacGowan, B.; Turner, R. E.; Lee, R. W.; Charatis, G.; Busch, Gar. E.; Shepard, C. L.; Rockett, P. D. (January 14, 1985). "Exploding-Foil Technique for Achieving a Soft X-Ray Laser". Physical Review Letters. 54 (2): 106–109. Bibcode:1985PhRvL..54..106R. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.54.106. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10031256.
Podvig, Pavel (2017). "Did Star Wars Help End the Cold War? Soviet Response to the SDI Program". Science & Global Security. 25 (1): 3–27. Bibcode:2017S&GS...25....3P. doi:10.1080/08929882.2017.1273665. S2CID 59399449.
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Lynch, Timothy J., ed. (January 1, 2013). "Think Tanks and US Military and Diplomatic Affairs". The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 360. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199759255.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-975925-5.
Tsipis, Kosta (1989), "Third-generation Nuclear Weapons", Military Technology, Armaments Dynamics and Disarmament, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 67–91, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-10221-1_3, ISBN 978-1-349-10223-5, retrieved July 5, 2024
Rosen, M. D.; Hagelstein, P. L.; Matthews, D. L.; Campbell, E. M.; Hazi, A. U.; Whitten, B. L.; MacGowan, B.; Turner, R. E.; Lee, R. W.; Charatis, G.; Busch, Gar. E.; Shepard, C. L.; Rockett, P. D. (January 14, 1985). "Exploding-Foil Technique for Achieving a Soft X-Ray Laser". Physical Review Letters. 54 (2): 106–109. Bibcode:1985PhRvL..54..106R. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.54.106. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10031256.
Hey, Nigel. "The Star Wars Enigma: Behind the Scenes of the Cold War Race for Missile Defense". The SHAFR Guide Online. doi:10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim250060187. Retrieved July 5, 2024.

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