Goodwill missions for castoff missiles
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
11-1990
Abstract
US and Soviet arms control negotiators were able to agree, with relative ease, on the general outline for deep reductions in strategic arms (START). But it has proved more difficult for them to decide what to do with all the missiles that will be decommissioned as a consequence of the treaty. Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union is inclined to follow the INF Treaty precedent in which all the costly intermediate-range missiles were destroyed - a wasteful, if straightforward and readily verifiable approach. Instead, START negotiators are considering plans to convert treaty-prohibited missiles into peaceful space-launch vehicles. To date, however, the two sides have not been unable to agree on what constitutes peaceful uses.
Discipline
Defense and Security Studies | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Volume
46
Issue
9
First Page
25
Last Page
31
ISSN
0096-3402
Identifier
10.1080/00963402.1990.11459902
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge): SSH Titles
Citation
FLORINI, Ann, & POTTER, William C..(1990). Goodwill missions for castoff missiles. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 46(9), 25-31.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2335
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/00963402.1990.11459902