The idea of a US defense shield isn’t new, but dates back to the Reagan era, says military analyst Sean Bell.
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00:00And therefore, it's a very different look.
00:02For America, you'll probably remember it was 30 years ago that Ronald Reagan had the Strategic
00:07Defense Initiative looking at a sort of a dome led from space, potentially to protect
00:13America.
00:14I think all that President Trump's doing is saying, after decades of focusing on wars
00:18overseas, are we properly protected?
00:21And part of his narrative around Greenland, you remember he said he wanted to secure Greenland.
00:27That's because they have a space base there, because the shortest distance between Russia
00:33and America is over Greenland.
00:36And therefore, you need to be able to detect, track, and destroy any incoming missiles.
00:42That's not a capability that West has needed for the last three decades.
00:45All he's doing is focusing that actually something needs to be done to address that balance.