Space Arms Control
Trends, Concepts, Prospects
ResearchPublished 1964
Trends, Concepts, Prospects
ResearchPublished 1964
An exploration of the opportunities that exist for enhancing security through arms control arrangements. One is through continued, intensive competition in space and elsewhere to demonstrate and maintain our superiority in modern technology and its military applications. Another is a continuation of our historical search for arms control, extending such possible agreements to include the environment of space. The most recent goal, endorsed by the Senate, is general and complete disarmament. This paper concentrates on study of prohibitions on the deployment of weapons of mass destruction in outer space.
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