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Strategic Defense Initiative

defunct American missile defense system (1984-1993)
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Strategic Defense Initiative

Summary

Strategic Defense Initiative is a closed project[1]. It draws 3,939 Wikipedia views per month (closed_project category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Strategic Defense Initiative is in the country of United States[3].
  • Strategic Defense Initiative's instance of is recorded as closed project[4].
  • Strategic Defense Initiative is operated by Ballistic Missile Defense Organization[5].
  • Strategic Defense Initiative's Commons category is recorded as Strategic Defense Initiative[6].
  • January 1, 1984 marks the founding of Strategic Defense Initiative[7].
  • Strategic Defense Initiative was dissolved in January 1, 1993[8].
  • Strategic Defense Initiative's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Strategic Defense Initiative[9].
  • Strategic Defense Initiative's different from is recorded as SDI[10].
  • Strategic Defense Initiative's has goal is recorded as missile defense[11].
  • Strategic Defense Initiative's merged into is recorded as Space Development Agency[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Strategic Defense Initiative's instance of is recorded as closed project[4].

Origins

January 1, 1984 marks the founding of Strategic Defense Initiative[7].

Why It Matters

Strategic Defense Initiative draws 3,939 Wikipedia views per month (closed_project category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → SDI
    Harper's tag → strategic-defense-initiative
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: strategic-defense-initiative, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958444|strategic defense initiative (#289958444)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-ma"
  2. 8w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → SDI
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q2345847]], using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  3. 8w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved → —
    Aliases → —
    Operator → —
    Merged into → Space Development Agency
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: strategines-gynybos-iniciatyva"
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