Concern over global proliferation of theater ballistic missiles has prompted calls for limited national and effective theater ballistic missile defense (TBMD) programs. However, the ABM Treaty, a cold war relic, is a major stumbling block to such programs because it prohibits the deployment of ABM defenses, and does not distinguish between prohibited ABM defenses and TBMD systems.
Elegant Irrelevance: The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in the New World Disorder
1994
36 pages
Report
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Englisch