# The Times 1986: The Times, 5 December 1986: SDI/NATO missile-defence study contracts to British firms (archive.org scan)

> The Times, 1986. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Report naming British companies in the US-led consortia studying defence against Soviet…

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# The Times, 5 December 1986: SDI/NATO missile-defence study contracts to British firms (archive.org scan)

The Times, 1986.

**Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990** Article0

## What it's used for here

Report naming British companies in the US-led consortia studying defence against Soviet tactical ballistic missiles, including Marconi Space Systems, Easams and Marconi Radar Systems; Weinberger said the NATO work was separate from SDI. Found by OCR search of the Times scans on archive.org.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Collins and a US source tied some of the dead to underwater simulation and SDI-applicable work](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGCKF33QAF/collins-and-a-us-source-tied-some-of-the-dead-to-underwater)

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[The Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

```
The Times (1986). The Times, 5 December 1986: SDI/NATO missile-defence study contracts to British firms (archive.org scan). https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1986UKEnglish
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[Find it at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1986UKEnglish)

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