"Star Wars" #4 of 5 - A Trojan Horse in Space (2000)

'Star Wars': New Hope or Phantom Menace?
Part 4 of 5 - A Trojan Horse in Space

America's Defense Monitor Show #1330
WHUT-TV, Washington, DC
Original Air Date: April 2, 2000
total run time: 28 minutes

SYNOPSIS:
For 40 years, American scientists have tried - and failed - to build a system to protect the U.S. from long-range missile attack. In October 1999, the successful test of a missile interceptor breathed new life into Ronald Reagan's dream of a national shield against enemy missiles. But will building "Star Wars" make us any safer?

Featured Experts:

Tom Collina
Union of Concerned Scientists

Bruce Gagnon
Global Network Against Nuclear Power & Weapons in Space

Maj. Gen. Milnor Roberts
High Frontier

Joseph Cirincione
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

William Schneider
Rumsfeld Commission

George Tenet
Director, Central Intelligence Agency

And remarks by:
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran
U.S. Senator James Inhofe
President Ronald Reagan

Written, edited, and produced by Jon Lottman for the Center for Defense Information.

Program content © 2000, CDI, inc.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Ronald
• Reagan
• outer
• space
• weapons
• war
• laser
• missile
• defense
• military
• star
• wars
• nuclear
• ICBM
• USA
• russia
• china
• ASAT

[killerbee2k]

What you Americans must also ask is the consequence of other nations getting this technology such as China, Russia, India and other upcoming nations. The world is getting more multipolar, will you take the risk of becoming an equal player on the world stage as u were in 1890's?

[evilferret132]

this is way to costly to be used

a pipe dream

[EdT586]

Starting at 1:43 you see the listing of the the 4 major conspirators of the "Military Industrial Complex" that control the US Congress and Senate on American foreign policy !