And on the American side, Reagan's fixation on the Strategic Defence Initiative, or Star Wars-space-based missile-busting lasers-proved an insuperable obstacle.

而在美国方面，里根对战略防御计划(即“星球大战”)的执着——即以太空为基础的导弹摧毁激光——被证明是一个无法逾越的障碍。