Scientists and American space agency officials led efforts by the United States to develop a space-based missile defense system in the 1980s. Now, those same individuals are urging the U.S. government to re-start work on the anti-missile program. They say it could help answer nuclear threats from North Korea and other rogue countries. North Korea’s nuclear activities have become a security concern to the government since the North began testing intercontinental ballistic missiles. There were false reports of a North Korean missile attack on Hawaii earlier this month. North Korea says its missiles have the ability to reach the U.S. mainland. The U.S. Space Defense Initiative (SDI) was started over 30 years ago during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. SDI was called “Star Wars” by critics in the U.S. Congress and media. They questioned its high cost.
Title: North Korea Missile Threat Brings Back Talk of 'Star Wars' Defenses
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2337/NK_star_wars.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='North Korea Missile Threat Brings Back Talk of 'Star Wars' Defenses' data-article-id='2853'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='16208'>Scientists and American space agency officials led efforts by the United States to develop a space-based missile defense system in the 1980s.</span> <span data-start-time='16208' data-end-time='27188'>Now, those same individuals are urging the U.S. government to re-start work on the anti-missile program.</span> <span data-start-time='27188' data-end-time='36646'>They say it could help answer nuclear threats from North Korea and other rogue countries.</span> <span data-start-time='36646' data-end-time='50813'>North Korea’s nuclear activities have become a security concern to the government since the North began testing intercontinental ballistic missiles.</span> <span data-start-time='50813' data-end-time='59708'>There were false reports of a North Korean missile attack on Hawaii earlier this month.</span> <span data-start-time='59708' data-end-time='67417'>North Korea says its missiles have the ability to reach the U.S. mainland.</span> <span data-start-time='67417' data-end-time='77792'>The U.S. Space Defense Initiative (SDI) was started over 30 years ago during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.</span> <span data-start-time='77792' data-end-time='85396'>SDI was called “Star Wars” by critics in the U.S. Congress and media.</span> <span data-start-time='85396' data-end-time='88438'>They questioned its high cost.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2337/NK_star_wars.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=10062 data-hint-location='27188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2337/what_does_rogue_mean.m4a'>What does rogue mean?</div><div class='choices' 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