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To: Taro who wrote (376539)4/6/2008 11:59:23 AM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1578933
 
"They used some faster SRAMs and generally CMOS technology as opposed to bipolar and NMOS."

Given the original time frame of the design, that is to be expected. There were also re-purposing it to focus on theater missiles of various types. But that started before SDI.

Here is a good rundown of the changes.

en.wikipedia.org