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Ballistic Missile Defense and the Atlantic Alliance
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T h e Atlantic Alliance
may be at the threshold of a new debate on the implications of ballistic
missile defense (BMD) for European security. Secretary of Defense Caspar
Weinberger and several U.S. Senators and Congressmen support a thorough
review of U.S. BMD options, including possible revision of the 1972 Anti-
Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and its 1974 Protocol. Although active defense
of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) seems the most likely application
for BMD, other strategic defense options are reportedly under consideration.
European-based BMD against theater ballistic missiles such as the SS-20, SS-
21, SS-22, and SS-23 is being examined as well. Such defenses are known as
anti-tactical ballistic missiles (ATBM) or anti-tactical missiles (ATM). The term
“ATM” is preferred in that it implies capability against cruise as well as
ballistic missiles.
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