Treaty on the Limitation of Antiballistic Missile Systems (1) | Antiballistic Missile Treaty (2) | Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (3) [ ABM Treaty ]

Subsonic Cruise Armed Decoy

antimissile laser [ anti-missile laser ]

Antiballistic Missile Treaty [ ABM Treaty | Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems ]

national missile defense | NMD [Abbr.]

anti-missile defence (1) | ballistic missile defence (2)

anti-air missile

For those in the United States to go to what I think is the lost argument in the whole national missile defence debate.One can understand deploying missile defences—tactical for deployed forces in the field, the Patriot systems, theatre missile defences for area defence of allies in expeditionary or intervention operations, and national missile defence for North America—and that this serves as a potential supporter of an addition to the non-proliferation regime.

It's likely Japan, possibly Taiwan, possibly South Korea.not to mention Russia itself, who will likely, through cooperative arrangements with the United States, develop much more sophisticated missile defences to go along with its current system deployed around Moscow of 100 interceptors.

I wish to join in the commendation of our government and to associate myself, as chair of the Canadian Parliamentarians for Global Action, with six other MPI priorities which are particularly compelling in the new strategic context of post-cold war and post-September 11, including: strategic arms reduction in accordance with NPT commitments; control of missile defences and preventing missile proliferation; reduction and elimination of non-strategic and tactical nuclear weapons; the non-use of nuclear weapons and the commitment of middle power countries like Canada to refuse to support first use of nuclear weapons in security policies; ...[+++] ban on nuclear testing, including respecting the moratorium on nuclear testing and ratification of the comprehensive test ban treaty; and, control of fissile materials, particularly given the threat to terrorist use of nuclear devices and materials.

This would be a highly manoeuvrable system that would carry a warhead, and potentially it could avoid defence or interception by ballistic defence missiles.