The Plan
Reagan wanted a system of satellites radars, and lasers across and around the coast to continually protect the nation. The radars and satellites would be constantly in use, monitoring all of the air for nuclear weapons, and also other missiles. All of these systems would be in place to create Reagan's dome around the nation, protecting all from nuclear weapons. Like in the image above, there would be many steps in order to monitor the skies for missiles. Because missiles would have to be launched high into the sky , that is where the lasers would be able to most safely destroy them, high above earth creating much less risk for the missiles to harm civilians.
During President Reagan's speech he described his hopes for the Strategic Defense Initiative and how he thought that he could make a safer world without the fear of nuclear attacks. One physicist told Reagan that there was technology to complete this project.
Clearly when Reagan informed the nation that he had plans to set up a laser dome over the United States of America, there were not technologies advanced enough to create something like this. Even today technologies are not this advanced.
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Star Wars?
In one speech Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire." This of course brought about jokes about how Reagan was making Star Wars references. Soon after, Reagan had made this speech about lasers and a space dome, people thought that he was believing that the nation, or world was in a futuristic time with these real technologies. Overall this was just basically jokes about how Reagan was talking about an evil empire and space lasers.
TechnologiesPrior to the announcement that Reagan made, he was informed by a scientist that there were, or would be, technologies ready to create such a program.
During the second World War, it was said that Germany was developing very advanced systems that would destroy missiles while still in flight. Reagan's hope was to advance, and utilize these technologies. His dome would hopefully plant a missile free zone above the United States of America. |
Reagan's WishPresident Reagan's overall wish was to abolish nuclear weapons. He did not like them at all, he was very fearful of all of the damage that nuclear weapons could do. His wish was to completely protect the United States from other nations that possessed nuclear weapons, mostly the soviet Union.
Protecting the Nation was Reagan's number one goal with this plan. |
Reagan and Aliens
During Reagan's time as president he had mentioned things about aliens. Just an interest in aliens. How they would be amusing or interesting to know that there were outside lifeforms.
He also discussed a few times the tings that would have to be done if there were an alien invasion. The Soviet Unions Gorbachev once said that President Reagan had asked him to group the nations together if there was an alien invasion. He wished to just be safe against it if there were a possibility. |
Conspiracists view his interest of aliens as a frightful thing. He is the leader of the nation. They believe that him having an interest and then creating a plan with lasers is a sign that there are aliens. They see this as a way of the government keeping a secret of alien lifeforms out there in the universe.
Another scare that was created by this would be that the technologies, lasers, that he would have gotten. These technologies would be similar to what people feared that aliens would have, and creating a space dome would be like protecting the nation from all things, including space. Which would show that there were actually aliens out there and these technologies would also defend against an alien invasion.
Another scare that was created by this would be that the technologies, lasers, that he would have gotten. These technologies would be similar to what people feared that aliens would have, and creating a space dome would be like protecting the nation from all things, including space. Which would show that there were actually aliens out there and these technologies would also defend against an alien invasion.