Which statement best describes the Strategic Defense Initiative plan to shoot down missiles from space?

a. It was actually a plan to defend the earth from extraterrestrial attacks.
b. Congress forced the plan on a reluctant President Reagan.
c. If it were 95 percent effective, the remaining warheads would destroy the nation.
d. It was to be a joint U.S.-Soviet venture.


C

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