SDI: Reagan’s Vision of Peace Through StrengthPosted on October 18, 2024 When Ronald Reagan unveiled the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), critics, including then-Senator Joe Biden, ridiculed it as “Star Wars,” along with other Democrats and media voices. Forty years later, the technology developed under SDI forms the backbone of Israel’s Iron Dome. Without Reagan’s foresight, Israel might not have the defense system that now protects it from Iran and its proxies, who openly seek its destruction.