'Renegotiate the ABM Treaty.' (Antiballistic Missile Treaty) (column)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: December 14, 1987| Author: Nunn, Sam | Copyright information

"RENEGOTIATE THE ABM TREATY'

Nunn, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, is the Senate's leading expert on arms control. His analysis will be critical to the fate of the INF treaty.

In the assignment they were given, to eliminate INF weapons, the negotiators did a good job. The on-site inspection against cheating could become a precedent for future agreements. Against where we stood a year ago, the extent of verification surprises me. What happened in t...

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