Have you ever wondered about the anti-missile dome shields you see used in the current Israeli was against Hama? Here is the story behind the story, and my very minor part in it. In 1983, then President Ronald Reagan, at the height of the Cold War, proposed a new comprehensive research and development plan known as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), but which was dubbed Star Wars from the 1977 movie of the same name. The plan had been devised by Lt. General Daniel O. Graham. the founder of High Frontier and advisor to President Reagan after the abandonment of the suicidal and immoral strategy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) for the concept of Assured Survival through the creation of effective defenses against ballistic missiles. One of the “perks” of serving as President Reagan’s Campaign in Laclede County was an invitation to me to become part of the Speaker’s Bureau to promote SDI in Missouri, and I was sent to Washington D.C. for an intensive training seminar at the Cap