DOD Review Panel Finds Possible Noncompliance Issues With ABM Treaty

By John Liang / July 31, 2001 at 5:00 AM
A Pentagon panel has found that certain aspects of the Bush administration's national missile defense plans may not be compliant with the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, a Defense Department official said today. DOD spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley told reporters that the Pentagon's ABM Treaty Compliance Group "found some instances where there is at least a question in the review group's mind as to whether or not the proposed activity would remain in compliance with the treaty." The compliance review...

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