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January 17, 2019

Trump to Propose Biggest Space-Based Missile Program Since "Star Wars"
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The Trump administration is planning a massive expansion of the
Pentagon's anti-ballistic missile program, on a scale not seen since
President Reagan's "Star Wars" initiatives of the 1980s. Trump is
expected to announce the plan during a scheduled stop at the Pentagon
later today. The planned announcement comes as the Trump administration
is withdrawing the United States from the landmark Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces Treaty on nuclear arms, signed with Russia in 1987.


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