Ballistic Missile Defence and the Alliance |
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achieve active defence Adelphi Paper adoption of BMD advocates of BMD affairs agreement allies American vulnerability argued argument arms control arms race Atlantic Institute attack balance of terror Ballistic Missile Defence believe BMD deployment BMD systems capability capacity catastrophic China competition cost counterforce critics of BMD damage dangers debate decoupling defence of population defensive systems degree deployed diplomatic disarmament doubt effective efforts enemy Europe's European nuclear forces fear high levels ICBM improved inflict Institute for Strategic interest limited maintain McNamara military policy MIRV Moreover nations NATO nuclear powers nuclear war nuclear warfare nuclear weapons offensive forces offensive missiles offensive weapons possible present problems prospect purposes reason regarded reinforce relationship Reprinted in Survival retaliation retaliatory forces Robert Triffin Russian seems Soviet Union stable strategic Stanford Research Institute strategic balance strategic nuclear Strategic Studies strategic superiority strike suggest superpowers tion United Vietnam war virtual immunity warheads Western Europe