A New Threat to the ABM Treaty: The Administration's TMD PR

Eight days after the Clinton administration presented a new proposal to permit development, testing and deployment of advanced anti-tactical ballistic missile (ATBM) systems to the Standing Consultative Commission of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in Geneva, the Arms Control Association (ACA) held a news conference to discuss the dangers the new proposal posed to the central point of the treaty--to prevent development, or the basis for development, of a nationwide anti-ballistic missile system. While focusing on the specific issues that threaten the safeguards built into the ABM Treaty, the panel also looked at the role Congress has played in the past, and many again play in …

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Publication information: Article title: A New Threat to the ABM Treaty: The Administration's TMD PR. Contributors: Not available. Magazine title: Arms Control Today. Volume: 24. Issue: 1 Publication date: January 1994. Page number: 11+. © 2003 Arms Control Association. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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