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Publication Date: September 1989
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Baker Spring
Research Area: Military and defense
Keywords: National security
Type: Report
Abstract:
Through the Strategic Defense Initiative program the U.S. is developing a defense against ballistic missiles for itself and its allies.The U.S. need not wait until it faces a serious crisis in theThird World or finds its owll citizens endangered because a hostileThird World country threatens to use ballistic missiles.The U.S. should start to take steps now by pursuing realistic arms control initiatives and developing missile defenses.