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Ronald Reagan: “The threat does not come from defensive systems, which are a shield against attack, but from offensive weapons.”

On the recordSeptember 21, 1986
The threat does not come from defensive systems, which are a shield against attack, but from offensive weapons.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Address to the 41st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York

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