President reagan's support for the strategic defense initiative (sdi), also known as "star wars," was the result of his unhappiness with which of the following u. s. national security policies?

Mutual Assured Destruction

Explanation:

President Ronal Reagan was unhappy with the Mutual Assured Destruction. Because of that, he announced the Strategic Defense Initiative. This SDI shifted US policy under nuclear weapons.

The MAD policy defended an uneasy peace during the Cold War because neither the US or the USSR attacked the other because they knew there should be nuclear retaliation.

Instead, the SDI used space-based lasers, particle beams, and other weapons staged in space.

it is

a

asked for and recieved from the united states