美国参议院工作人员提交了一份报告,对里根政府官员所谓战略防御倡议的关键技术已取得“可惊的巨大进展”这一说法表示异议。该报告还对倡议的进度和方向、尤其是90年代初确定研制项目这一目标提出了疑问。它没有否认确实取得某些进展,但指出,“已取得的进展恰恰使人更能理解这个项目的 US Senate staff submitted a report disputing the remarkably ”alarmingly huge progress“ that the Reagan administration officials called the key technology for a strategic defense initiative. The report also raised questions about the progress and direction of the initiative, in particular the goal of identifying development projects in the early 1990s. It did not deny that some progress was indeed made, but noted that ”the progress that has been made has made it more understandable for this project