42 years ago today, March 23, 1983 (February 9, 1983 in the lunar calendar), Reagan proposed the Star Wars defense plan. On the evening of March 23, 1983, U.S. President Reagan proposed a plan to use the latest modern technology to build an indestructible missile defense system for the United States. In a televised speech at the White House, Reagan looked to a "promising future" and said the United States would no longer rely on large-scale retaliation to respond to the threat of a Soviet nuclear attack, but warned that technological breakthroughs to build a missile defense system "may not be achieved before the end of the century." White House officials said the new plan could include lasers, microwave devices, particle beams and ejected particle beams from satellites to shoot down Soviet-launched missiles before entering U.S. territory. Officials said that realizing this plan requires a large amount of research on anti-missile technology. Based on the current situation, about US$1 billion should be invested every year in research expenses. A senior administration official said Reagan's proposal was not an attempt to intimidate the Soviet Union, nor did it violate the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signed more than a decade ago, which did not block the characterization and development of defense systems. The launch of this plan announced the beginning of a new round of arms race. Extended reading: On March 23, 1983, Reagan delivered a "Star Wars" speech, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union was the result. Extended reading: On March 23, 1983, Reagan delivered a "Star Wars" speech, and the disintegration of the Soviet Union was the result. On March 23, 1983, Reagan delivered a "Star Wars" speech. 1."Prequel to Star Wars" Just after World War II ended, an iron curtain was quietly drawn between the two camps led by the United States and the Soviet Union. The two superpowers are competing in arms development, and the stock of nuclear missiles has reached an alarming level. By the time U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara proposed the "Assured Mutual Destruction" strategy in 1965, the nuclear race between the two countries had reached a deadlock. In order to break this deadlock, under the earnest teachings of Edward Taylor, the father of the American hydrogen bomb, President Reagan had a big idea: What if we could intercept or destroy Soviet missiles before they arrived? Unexpectedly, the president would be greeted by sarcastic and even fierce criticism from the Pentagon and Congress. It turned out that after the end of World War II, the Pentagon had been carrying out anti-missile research. However, due to the great technical difficulty, the U.S. scientific community and the Department of Defense had generally lost confidence in developing anti-missile systems, and instead signed the "Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems Treaty" with the Soviet Union, seeking a balance of terror under the cloud of nuclear. Reagan at that time was just like Trump today. He had the same "star" foundation, was not popular among the political circles, worked hard to get the Republican nomination, and was not until he became president until he was nearly 70, but he was also the same "generous" and went all the way to the end. Under Reagan's tough push, in January 1985, the "Star Wars Plan" was finally approved for implementation. Reagan delivered a "Star Wars" speech. This plan consists of two parts: the "anti-missile program" and the "anti-satellite program." Among them, the "anti-missile" system will be divided into four layers: boost stage, final boost stage, middle stage and reentry stage to intercept ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads, and the target success rate will reach 99.9999%; the "anti-satellite" system will be committed to destroying enemy satellites and attacking and weakening the enemy's surveillance, early warning, communication and navigation capabilities. The total planned investment has reached an astonishing US$1,000 billion! Considering the actual situation that the U.S. president wants to trick Congress into allocating funds and win voters to vote for a second term, it's okay to listen to the 1 trillion yuan. But I never expected that someone would actually believe it. 2. At the time of the "Imperial Strikes Back", Gorbachev had just come to power. Just as he was about to take the Soviet Union, whose economy had been stagnant for many years, to start a career, he was suddenly stunned by Reagan's 1 trillion yuan. The implementation of the US "Star Wars Plan" has put the Soviet Union in a dilemma: if the plan is allowed to be implemented, once the United States succeeds, it will form a unilateral absolute strategic suppression of the Soviet Union and turn the nuclear missiles developed by the Soviet Union over the past decades into scrap iron; Even if it fails, the strong economic stimulus and huge employment boost will cause the Soviet Union to face a comprehensive blow and crush the lead position formed by launching the first artificial earth satellite and the first manned spacecraft. It is no longer the east wind overpowers the west wind, but the west wind overpowers the east wind! However, if simultaneous actions were taken against the "Star Wars program", due to the huge economic and political pressure faced by the Soviet Union at that time, it would likely become the last straw that overwhelmed the camel. In the subsequent summit talks, Gorbachev and Reagan held many rounds of negotiations and tussles, and even offered to destroy all nuclear weapons within 10 years in exchange for the United States to stop implementing the "Star Wars program." However, all diplomatic negotiations could not shake Reagan's determination to be "one-minded". He publicly declared: He will never use the "Star Wars program" as a bargaining chip! Reagan delivered a "Star Wars" speech. In order to compete with the United States, the Soviet Union was forced to carry out comprehensive space power building. On this side, the US military has set out to establish a space force command organization and establish the Joint Space Command to fully develop a military space force that integrates offense, defense and support. On the other hand, the Soviet Union transferred the General Administration of Space to the Ministry of Defense, making space support forces directly under the Ministry of Defense, and making every effort to build a space power system represented by the Zenith and Amber reconnaissance satellites, Lightning communications satellites, Sail navigation satellites, Eyes early warning satellites and Meteor meteorological satellites. When masters fight, winning or losing is only a matter of thought. It can be seen from the comparison of the two development strategies that the United States '"Star Wars Program" is committed to achieving operational advantages in integrating space reconnaissance, offensive and defensive; while the Soviet Union's military space forces focus on space information support, which is far from forming systematic combat capabilities. So, we don't know whether it was due to a mistake in strategic judgment, whether it was due to a lack of economic and technological strength, or whether it was both. In January 1991, the Gulf War broke out. The ubiquitous space support force provides key reconnaissance, early warning, communications, navigation, meteorology and other services for the US military's combat operations. The confrontation between Patriot missiles and Scuds is even more eye-catching, and the space combat forces hidden behind these have left people with huge imagination. In the year of Tianying, on December 25 of that year, the Soviet Union declared its disintegration. The hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union finally became an end. The United States is booming, and the former Soviet Union has become a distant background. Reagan Delivers "Star Wars" Speech 3."The Force Awakens" To this day, many people still insist that the "Star Wars Plan" is a scam set up by the United States to economically drag down the Soviet Union. The evidence is that shortly after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the United States announced the termination of the "Star Wars Plan." In fact, this is a typical reversal. Since the implementation of the US "Star Wars Program", it has been adjusting its strategic direction. It was only due to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the loss of its main opponent in ballistic missile defense that the U.S. Department of Defense officially announced the end of the "Star Wars program." If we take a long-term view, we will see that there is no so-called "feint" in the strategy of a great power. Once the huge national machine is started, all gears will run at high speed. Even if the brakes are pressed on, they will roar forward with inertia. Today's well-known Patriot, THAAD anti-missile systems, keyhole, lacrosse reconnaissance satellites, lasers, electromagnetic guns and other directed energy weapons, X-37B aerospace plane, X-43A hypersonic vehicle, and even Falcon 9 recyclable rockets, etc., were all born out of "Star Wars" or originated in "Star Wars". Reagan delivered his "Star Wars" speech. In fact, long before the "Star Wars Project", the United States had implemented similar plans many times. In 1941, President Roosevelt led the formulation of the "Manhattan Project", which gathered almost the best nuclear scientists from Western countries except Nazi Germany at that time, mobilized more than 100,000 people to participate, and cost US$2 billion. This figure accounted for about 0.57% of the U.S. GDP and 20% of all U.S. scientific research funding. On July 16, 1945, the world's first nuclear explosion was successfully carried out, and a practical atomic bomb was built as planned, accelerating the Allies 'victory in World War II. In 1961, President Eisenhower proposed the "Apollo Program". As of December 1972, the sixth lunar landing took 11 years and cost US$25.5 billion. During the peak period of the project, more than 20,000 companies, more than 200 universities, more than 80 scientific research institutions, and more than 300,000 people participated in research and development experiments. Their derived scientific and technological achievements have entered public life. Similarly, China's "Two Bombs and One Satellite" project draws on the successful experience of this complex giant system project, gathers the brightest brains, mobilizes the most powerful forces, and ultimately achieves the most incredible achievements. In Reagan's "Star Wars" speech, several generations of leaders spoke highly of "two bombs and one satellite". This is exactly the case. Without the "two bombs and one satellite", it is really difficult to assume what China would be like today.