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Paper Advocates Pushing Arms Control, Nonproliferation, Instead Of Developing Ballistic Missile Defense Systems

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Monday, March 24th, 2008

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The United States should pursue nuclear weapons control instead of developing ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems, a paper from the Center for Defense Information (CDI), a Washington think tank, urges. While the paper notes that then-President Reagan 25 years ago urged formation of a ballistic missile shield to protect the United States and its allies from enemy missile attacks, the paper also notes that Reagan added that BMD systems development might lead to arms control and elimination of nuclear threats.…

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