ABM treaty

The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union was signed and entered into force in 1972 [35]. The ABM Treaty, by limiting defensive systems that would otherwise spur an offensive arms race, has been seen as the foundation for the strategic nuclear arms reduction treaties. In 2001, President Bush announced that the United States would withdraw from the ABM Treaty within 6 months and gave formal notice, stating that it hinders our... 

The ABM treaty of 1972 was signed by U.S. president Richard Nixon and the Soviet Union s general secretary, Leonid Brezhnev, and was amended in 1974 to allow each side to have only one ABM site. The Soviet Union elected to place its single ABM system around Moscow, a system still maintained by Russia. 

ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILE (ABM) TREATY. The Antiballistic Missile Treaty placed limits on ABM systems of the United States... 

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