Strategic Defenses and Arms Control

ABM Treaty acceptable achieve active advantage agreement allow American approach argument arms control attack Ballistic Missile Defense become build-down civil defense concern continue cost crisis debate defense-dominance defensive systems deployed deployment desired deterrence discussion effectiveness effectiveness of defense effort example exist feasible forces further given goal ICBM increase initial issue least less limited maintain means measures military MIRVing missiles mobile moving mutual deterrence negotiations nuclear nuclear weapons objective offensive perfect political population position possible potential present President probability problem proposal protection question Reagan reason reductions remain Report require reserve response result retaliation Security shelters side silos Soviet Union space space-based stability stage step strategic defenses strike superpowers Table technical terminal testing threat transition uncertainty United vulnerability warheads weapons York