This deterrence concept of assured vulnerability was formally enshrined in the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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Moscow has said a move towards a missile defence strategy would violate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
He also suggested the United States may need to renegotiate the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty with Russia.
Much of the concern in Europe is focused on Bush's declaration that the anti-ballistic missile treaty was outdated.
They see the conflict through the prism of the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty and the Kosovo and Afghan wars.
She said the administration is constrained in testing and evaluating missile technology by the current anti-ballistic missile treaty.
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Germany's foreign minister expressed concern over plans to scrap the anti-ballistic missile treaty.
In particular it might mean breaking out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, which the Russians and Chinese hold dear.
Russia was alarmed when the US withdrew from another Cold War agreement - the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty - in 2001.
Four years ago President Bush withdrew the U.S. from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty because it severely hobbled our development efforts.
In 2001, President Bush withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty that had effectively given them a veto in such matters.
We wish to commend you for the courageous and visionary leadership you have exhibited in withdrawing from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
Biden is "Dr. No" with respect to pursuing development, test and deployment of missile defenses incompatible with the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
He said he expects America to abrogate the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty soon.
But there is no better example of this treaty- violating rule than the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, subject of so much debate today.
But Putin was less successful in convincing South Korea that U.S. plans to build a missile defense system violates the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
It follows America's decision in June to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which it had signed in 1972 with the Soviet Union.
"We must move beyond the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, a treaty that was written in a different era, for a different enemy, " he said.
Russia appears close to agreeing a deal to revise the anti-ballistic missile treaty - lifting its objections to an American system of missile defence.
You say that as soon as America starts pouring concrete to construct anti-missile defences this will constitute a violation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty.
The Russian Defense Ministry maintains that the U.S. missile shield program would violate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty signed by Russia and the United States.
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The two men made a joint statement reaffirming the importance of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty between the United States and the old Soviet Union.
He also understands that this cannot be done so long as the United States adheres to the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty which explicitly prohibits such activities.
Mr. Gore, like Mr. Clinton, favors negotiating with the Russians to change the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and make way for the more limited missile defense system.
He withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty that codified that vulnerability and he began deploying limited missile defenses, mostly ground-based ones in Alaska and California.
The real turning point for the Navy in missile defense, though, came when President George W. Bush withdrew America from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia in 2002.
Should the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty -- which effectively precludes national anti- missile defenses and which has hampered the fielding of effective theater missile protection -- be preserved?
The Clinton-Gore Administration, however, insists that the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty remains in force and precludes the United States from having any effective defense of its territory and people.
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Carter and Allison should be in difficulty anyway for substantive reasons: The former has been an inveterate opponent of effective strategic defenses and advocate for the obsolete Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
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