National Security Report: Background and Perspective on Important National Security and Defense Policy Issues. Volume 1, Issue 3, May 1997. The Helsinki Summit: Arms Control Triumph or Tragedy

Abstract

At their recent summit in Helsinki, President Clinton and Russian President Yeltsin reached an agreement on several arms control issues. Two of the most significant involved the relationship between the 1972 U.S.-Soviet 5 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and theater missile defenses (TMD) and further reductions in strategic nuclear weapons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA377482

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Defense Systems
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Theater Missile Defense
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Missile Defense Systems.