It will be the home of a vanguard force of rocket propelled interceptors for defending the United States against ballistic missile attack.

The list of controlled items is set out in Annex I to the Regulation and is based on the lists established by the international export control regimes which cover biological and chemical items (the Australia Group), nuclear items (Nuclear Suppliers' Group) missile related (Missile Technology Control Regime) and conventional arms related components (Wassenaar Arrangement).

I am not talking about the Osirak nuclear reactors supplied 30 years ago, which provided the basis for Saddam's original nuclear weapons programme I am merely making the observation that there are no American F-16s or British Tornadoes in the Iraqi air force, but there is a solid inventory of MiGs, Sukhois and Mirage F1s, as well as the Roland Air Defence System, Pannard armoured personnel carriers, Milan Anti-Tank Guided Weapons Systems and Exocet missiles.

sign the CTBT as it stands, and move to ratify it; work actively to secure the opening of negotiations in Geneva on a treaty banning the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons; confirm publicly their intention to exert stringent controls over the export of material, equipment and technology controlled under the Nuclear Suppliers Group Trigger and Dual Use Lists and the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex; enter into commitments neither to assemble nuclear devices nor to deploy such devices on delivery vehicles, and to cease the development and deployment of ballistic missiles ...[+++] capable of delivering nuclear warheads.

to sign the CTBT and move to ratify it; to contribute actively from now on towards opening negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva for a treaty banning the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons; to exert stringent controls over export of material, equipment and technology controlled under the Nuclear Suppliers Group Trigger and Dual Use Lists and the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex; to make a commitment neither to assemble nuclear devices nor deploy them on delivery vehicles and cease development and deployment of ballistic missiles capable o ...[+++]f delivering nuclear warheads.

Second, are you of the view that if we had a DEW Line array that was part of Canada's contribution after the Bomarc debate and the movement to missile-based systems — we never had any Canadian-based intercontinental ballistic missiles aimed at anybody, but we had a DEW Line array for surveillance — having an array of that nature, which assisted in the overall intelligence gathering for any potential defence, would also be counterproductive?