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In February 1998, almost seven years after a Scud missile killed 29 U.S. soldiers in Dharan, Saudi Arabia, the United States was poised to go to war once again against Iraq--but without a missile defense that could insure such tragedies did not recur. The Iraqi missile that fell on Dharan in 1991 killed and wounded more U.S. soldiers than any other episode during the Persian Gulf War. And yet, despite the demonstration of the need for effective missile defenses, U.S.

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Archie Lane Young (“Lane” to his family) passed away following a brief illness on January 9, 2023, in Asheville, NC. He was born on April 18, 1940, in Centre, Alabama,

Archie Lane Young (“Lane” to his family) passed away following a brief illness on January 9, 2022, in Asheville, NC. He was born on April 18, 1940, in Centre, Alabama,

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(Archived document, may contain errors)   540 I October 21, 1986 I I WHILE OPPOSING REAGAN'S SDI MOSCOW PUSHES. ITS OWN STAR WA:RS I INTRODUCTION At the Iceland summit with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan chose not to trade away the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) for a reduction of nuclear arms that, while substantial, would still leave the U.S. vulnerable to nuclear attack.