Deterrence is Not Enough: Security Requirements for the 21st Century

Baroness Thatcher

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This Special Issue of National Institute’s Information Series commemorates the 39th anniversary of President Reagan’s March 23, 1983 speech introducing the Strategic Defense Initiative. Below is the speech given by the Rt Hon the Baroness Thatcher LG OM FRS to a conference hosted by the National Institute for Public Policy on December 3, 1998. In her speech, Baroness Thatcher lays out a fundamental rationale for missile defense. Her remarks are as pertinent now as they were then.