Recognizing the obvious bush should declare the ABM Treaty dead

Technical Report · Wed Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:621446

In televised speech to the Russian people on January 29, Russia`s President Boris Yeltsin called for the United States and Russia to create and jointly operate a global defense system. One day earlier, in his State of the Union address, George Bush affirmed his own commitment to strategic defense, or SDI. Washington and Moscow now both are on record in favor of deploying defenses against missile attacks. Then late last week, Yeltsin at the United Nations reaffirmed his Moscow statement. The common Bush-Yeltsin view is not surprising. Both of their countries face a growing danger of accidental, unauthorized, or irrational attacks from an expanding number of states armed with ballistic missiles.

• Research Organization: Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 621446
• Report Number(s): AD-A-339299/0/XAB; TRN: 81460331
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 5 Feb 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

35 ARMS CONTROL
MILITARY STRATEGY
TREATIES
UNITED NATIONS
USA
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE