Removing the ABM Treaty Obstacle to U.S. and Soviet Defenses Against Missiles,

Abstract

After years of effort by Ronald Reagan and George Bush, the United States and the Soviet Union finally are within sight of an agreement to replace or modify the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty to permit deployment of effective defenses against missile attacks. This may be the most important geostrategic development of the post-Cold War period. What is responsible for this? First, in a dramatic reversal of Soviet policy, Mikhail Gorbachev on October 5 announced Moscow's willingness for the first time to consider U.S. proposals to deploy missile defense systems. Second, the House and Senate are expected within days to recommend deployment of a limited missile defense system, and to direct Bush to negotiate changes in the ABM Treaty to permit these deployments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 1991
Accession Number
ADA338710

Entities

People

  • B. Spring

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Arms Control
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Congress
  • Defense Systems
  • Governments
  • Ground Based
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • International Law
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Phased Arrays
  • Radar
  • Space Based
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Missile Defense Systems.