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The Cardinal of the Kremlin Study Guide

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by Tom Clancy
About 7 pages (2,081 words)
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Initiated by President Reagan in the mid-1980s, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) popularly known as "Star Wars," would defend against nuclear missiles, using an array of technologies, such as anti-missile-missiles launched from aircraft, satellites designed to focus intense energy beams on missiles in the upper atmosphere, and ground-based laser-beam projectors. This last device, set against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, is the focus of The Cardinal of the Kremlin.

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The Cardinal of the Kremlin from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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