西德新闻界对美国SDI持批评态度。Frankfurter Allgemeine对目前是否能将敌人发射段的导弹在敌方领土上空摧毁提出疑问。据称,要成功地实现这一级防御,需要在空间大量配置反导弹防御武器系统,并需要大量的技术经费支出,以致需进行五十年不间断的军事空间计划。这样做的结果使得在此期间每年必须有24架次航天飞机作飞行实验,并伴随带有战斗部的火箭实验。 The West Germany media hold a critical attitude toward the U.S. SDI. Frankfurter Allgemeine questioned whether the missiles of the enemy launch launcher could be destroyed over enemy territory. Allegedly, the successful implementation of this level of defense requires the massive deployment of anti-missile defensive weapon systems in space and the heavy technical capital expenditures required for a planned 50-year uninterrupted military space program. As a result, 24 space shuttle missions must be conducted each year during this period, accompanied by rocket experiments with warheads.