Document Type
Article
Disciplines
International Law
Abstract
On December 14, 2001, in an effort to consolidate its policy of 'space control,' United States President George Bush announced the withdrawal of the United States from the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (ABM Treaty),5 invoking Article 15 of that instrument.6 The key reason given by President Bush for the decision to withdraw from the treaty was because it was outdated and a relic of the Cold War.' However, there was a more practical purpose, since the ABM Treaty expressly prohibited the development, testing and deployment of seabased, air-based, space-based, and mobile land-based ABM systems As a result, withdrawal from the ABM Treaty removed conventional restrictions on the United States to develop what would otherwise have been expressly prohibited weapon systems and, in particular, space-based devices that it perceives to form an integral part of its policy of ensuring that it retains its military dominance.
Recommended Citation
Maogoto, Jackson and Freeland, Steven, "The Final Frontier: The Laws of Armed Conflict and Space Warfare" (2007). Connecticut Journal of International Law. 467.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cjil/467
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