Arms Control and the President's Strategic Defense Initiative.

Abstract

The President's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) provides the hope for eliminating the threat from ballistic missiles. This study evaluates the impact of SDI on existing and future arms control agreements. Because new or modified space-related treaties are a probable result of the SDI, this study concludes that the best single strategy for arms control negotiations is to preserve overall US interests and maintain open technological options vice severely limiting any space technology that might some day become part of a space-based defensive system. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA156334

Entities

People

  • J. J. Bon

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Arms Control
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • International Security
  • Materials
  • New York
  • Outer Space
  • Personnel Management
  • Power
  • Security
  • Space Based
  • Space Systems
  • Strategic Defense Initiative
  • Treaties
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space