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Successful Missile Defense Weapons Test Boosts Bush Drive to Deploy... |
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by Interview by Between The Lines' Scott Harris.
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19 Jul 2001
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Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Bruce Gagnon, coordinator with the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, who discusses the latest Pentagon test and growing opposition to the revival of the Reagan-era "Star Wars" missile defense program(A RealAudio Version of this interview may be found AtHttp://www.btlonline.org). |
Successful Missile Defense Weapons Test Boosts Bush Drive to Deploy Treaty-Busting Star Wars System
Interview by Between The Lines' Scott Harris.
On July 15, the Pentagon announced a successful test of their anti-missile system over the Pacific Ocean, an important element in the development of a U.S. national missile defense program. This was only the second success of four such tests, where a mock intercontinental ballistic missile was destroyed by an interceptor rocket launched thousands of miles away.
Although the White House and Pentagon downplayed the successful test, it is widely expected that this will assist the Bush administration in winning congressional funding for accelerated testing of various missile defense technologies. But many arms control experts believe this aggressive drive to test and eventually deploy a missile defense "shield" will in a matter of months abrogate the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signed by the U.S. and Soviet Union in 1972. Russia, China and many U.S. allies have condemned the Bush plan to scrap the ABM treaty, fearing that the policy will spark a new global nuclear arms race.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Bruce Gagnon, coordinator with the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, who discusses the latest Pentagon test and growing opposition to the revival of the Reagan-era "Star Wars" missile defense program(A RealAudio Version of this interview may be found At http://www.btlonline.org).
Contact the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space by calling (352) 337-9274 or visit their Web site at: www.space4peace.org
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