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Publication Date: October 1986
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Kim R. Holmes
Research Area: Military and defense
Keywords: Russia and Eurasia
Type: Report
Coverage: Soviet Union
Abstract:
The United States must begin building a ballistic missile defense system as soon as possible to counter not only existing Soviet missiles but the threat of a Soviet breakout of the ABM Treaty. The technology for near-term deployment already exists. All that is required is the political will to begin constructkon of a single ABM site at Grand Forks and the acceleration of the development and testing programs for those BMD technologies that show the most promise for near-term deployment.