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To: i-node who wrote (11854)11/25/2009 1:48:46 AM
From: Eric  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
Reagan did some things but the Soviet Union was functionally bankrupt by the late 1970's. They were spending almost 60% of their GDP on defense. Something my father pointed out to me about 15 years ago. He managed a number of "dark" programs at Boeing. The Soviet Union just couldn't keep up.