The Last Thirty Seconds: A Brief History of the Evolution of Hit-To-Kill Technology - Hardcoverby David K. Stumpf (Author), Rick W. Sturdevant (Foreword by) In March 1983, as the world's superpowers continued aggressively stockpiling nuclear weapons, President Ronald Reagan described his vision for a world no longer confronted with the concept of mutually assured destruction. A year later the Strategic Defense Initiative was established, followed soon after by the creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO). The SDIO was