Bush's Missile Defense Stance Prompts Allies to Mull Options.
National Defense › Vol. 86 Nbr. 572, July 2001
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Bush's Missile Defense Stance Prompts Allies to Mull Options.
In a highly anticipated speech, President George W. Bush reaffirmed his administrations commitment to deploying a missile-defense shield.
Delivered in early May at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., the president's speech generated headlines but, according to observers and military analysts, left many unanswered questions about how missile-defense issues would be approached during the next four years. These questions dealt with what would happen if the ABM treaty were abrogated, whether U.S. action on missile defense would start another arms race, and what the role of diplomacy with the European allies would be in the process. Indi...See the full content of this document
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