Volume 31, Number 7 · April 26, 1984

Reagan's Star Wars

By Carl Sagan, Hans A. Bethe, Henry W. Kendall, Kurt Gottfried, Noel Gayler, Peter A. Clausen et al.

Following are excerpts from the report just issued by the Union of Concerned Scientists on 'Space-Based Missile Defense'—often referred to as 'Star Wars.' The report is of urgent interest in view of the announced plans of the Reagan administration to develop a spacebased missile defense during the coming years. The authors of the report are listed in the box below.



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