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Beware of a U.S.-Russia Deal on Missile Defense

The ABM: Outdated and Dangerous

The Clinton Administration has reached a "framework agreement" with Russia to resolve Itwo long- standing disputes over the future and scope of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. The ABM Treaty all but bars the United States from deploying defenses against long-range ballistic missiles. The agreement with Russia would do two things: 0 Name which republics of the now-defunct Soviet Union are subject to the treaty; and 0 Define a new dividing line between defenses against long-range missiles, which are subject to the ABM Treaty's restrictions, and defenses against short...

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