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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

rshowalter - 04:25pm Sep 9, 2001 EST (#8713 of 8726)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

A WEEK'S NYT COVERAGE OF MISSILE DEFENSE

Senate Committee Cuts Money From Missile Defense Plan by THOM SHANKER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/08/politics/08MILI.html The Senate Armed Services Committee, in an uncharacteristically partisan vote, cut $1.3 billion from President Bush's proposal for missile defense today and adopted language requiring any test that would violate the Antiballistic Missile Treaty to gain Congressional approval.

Reforming Success by THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/07/opinion/07FRIE.html The Bush people have all the missionary zeal of the Reaganites, but the context is completely different.

China's Nuclear Agenda By BATES GILL and JAMES MULVENON http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/07/opinion/07GILL.html The United States must give China incentive to maintain the nuclear balance of power.

U.S. Envoy Extols India, Accepting Its Atom Status by CELIA W. DUGGER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/07/international/asia/07INDI.html Robert D. Blackwill, the new American ambassador to India, voiced the Bush administration's drive to turn India and the U.S. into allies, and did not criticise India's nuclear testing.

Kremlin Willing to Review Missile Accords, Aide Says by PATRICK E. TYLER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/07/international/europe/07MISS.html A senior Russian official said today that Moscow was willing to consider amendments to the "present-day system of agreements on strategic stability" with the United States, but he insisted that the Antiballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 had to be preserved in negotiations that were quite likely to be long- term and complex.

Chinese Premier Arrives in Russia by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Russia-China.html ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- China's premier said Friday that China and Russia had great potential for economic cooperation.

Israel Plans Anti - Missile Defense By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-US-Israel.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israeli officials said Friday they hoped to blanket most of the country with three batteries of Arrow anti-missile installations by the end of the decade.

U..S., Australia to Share Resources By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Aussie-Firefighters.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- If the wildfire season gets too hot, U.S. firefighting agencies will have another place to turn for help.

Defending Budget, Bush Aides Take Fight to Congress By JAMES DAO and LIZETTE ALVAREZ http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/06/politics/06BUDG.html President Bush's budget director and defense secretary asserted that the administration and Congress could protect the Social Security surplus and still increase military and education spending.

Message to China To the Editor: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/06/opinion/L06CHIN.html

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