In 1984, the hit song
99 Red Balloons, the English language version of
99LuftBallons released in 1983 by the German band Nena, expressed the dread of nuclear war, the outbreak of which many believed to be imminent. As
explained by retired United States Air Force Lieutenant-Colonel
Robert M. Bowman (1934-2013) who, at the same time, during the years of the Reagan Presidency, started campaigning against the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI aka "Star Wars"), the fears expressed in
99 Red Balloons were well founded.
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