Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and US withdrawal. IPPNW - 2002
The USA officially withdrew from the Anti Ballistic Missile (ABMi) Treaty on 13 June 2002.
This talking paper from IPPNWi states that this simply creates an unnecessary risk and won't get the US any closer to a working National Missile Defence System.
The ABM Treaty does not keep the United States from continuing to research and test a missile defence system. In fact, the biggest impediments to a national missile defence system are unproven technologies and cost, not the ABM Treaty.


