Controlling ballistic missiles: how important? How to do it?

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The need to control ballistic missiles does not carry as much weight as the need to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Missiles, unlike nuclear weapons, are not considered weapons of mass destruction and do not provide owner countries with the ability to disrupt the world balance. At any rate, as an initial measure in the campaign to rid the world of nuclear weapons, the control of missiles could be undertaken. This could be done through the institution of export controls and the establishment of bilateral and unilateral agreements on the matter.

Laws, regulations and rules, Ballistic missiles

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U.S. drops CTB 'early out' plan; test moratorium may be permanent

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The United States changed its earlier policy designed to allow an 'easy exit' from the comprehensive test ban (CTB) treaty after a decade and has decided to take back its controversial proposal. The CTB is to be negotiated at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. The decision to extend the moratorium would mean that the U.S. will not test again even if a CTB is not signed by September 30, 1996. Congress had passed legislation in 1992 prohibiting further U.S. testing unless another country conducts tests after September 1996.

Political aspects, Nuclear disarmament, Conference on Disarmament

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Joint statement on weapons reductions

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The US president and his Russian counterpart after reviewing the December 1994 meeting of the Gore-Chernomyrdin commission on nuclear issues reasserted their pledge for nuclear disarmament. They expressed the willingness to pass on the information on the stockpile of nuclear warheads, fissile materials and to evolve a system to do so on a regular basis. The two countries will pursue negotiation to enhance transparency and irreversibility of nuclear arms reduction.

United States, Russia, United States foreign relations, Russian foreign relations, Transcript

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