U.S. Withdrawal from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty

Authors

Lynn F. Rusten

Files

Description

As President George W. Bush made these remarks in a speech at the National Defense University (NDU) on May 1, 2001, National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Proliferation Strategy, Counterproliferation, and Homeland Defense Robert Joseph listened attentively. Within just 4 months of taking office, President Bush was articulating one of his key national security priorities: setting the conditions for the United States to move full steam ahead on developing, testing, and eventually deploying a wide range of missile defense technologies and systems—a priority that in all likelihood would mean U.S. withdrawal from the 1972 Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty.

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

1-2010

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Rusten, Lynn F., "U.S. Withdrawal from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty" (2010). WMD Case Studies. 6.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/wmd-case-studies/6