Under the National Security Act of 1947, the Department of Defense was created to protect the assets and interests of the United States.
During one of former President Ronald W. Reagan’s speeches concerning U.S. strategic defense initiatives in March 1983, his words began to ignite a movement in America in support of developing a superior U.S. missile defense system.
Years later, in 2002, as more countries began to house intercontinental ballistic missiles, U.S. officials began to feel the outside pressure and quickly recognized the importance of a homeland missile defense system.
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