ABSTRACT
Many people believe the answer lies not in strategic defense initiative" (SDI) but only in reaching arms control agreements. Trust and understanding alone, it is said, will lead to arms control. There's a serious prospect today for arms reductions, not just arms control; and that by itself is a great change, and it can be traced to our Strategic Defense Initiative. SDI can take the profit out of the Soviet buildup of offensive weapons and, in time, open new opportunities by building on today's and tomorrow's technologies. The best minds from some allied countries are already working with in the noble endeavor, and people believe others will join this effort before too long. In SDI, as elsewhere, people have put technology that almost boggles the mind to work—increasing our productivity and expanding the limits of human potential.
