The Verification Issue: Key to a U.S. -Soviet Arms Accord


 

Publication Date: August 1987

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Derek Leebaert

Research Area: International relations; Military and defense

Keywords: Russia and Eurasia

Type: Report

Abstract:

Any arms control treaty delivered to Congress will be subject to far more scrutiny on its verification provisions than SALT II. U.S. negotiators simply may state to Congress that there is an increasing range of problems which cannot be verified. Congress then must determine whether the agreement is acceptable. To this end, candor about Soviet violations and U.S. verification capabilities is indispensable.