Pros And Cons Of The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

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The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty is a treaty, agreed upon by the US and the Soviet Union in the 1970s, that put limitation on ballistic missile defense systems. This treaty was meant for the aide of the two biggest nuclear capable superpowers in the world if it came down to nuclear warfare. The key takeaway from this treaty is that each superpower could only have two limited Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems with one guarding the country’s capital and the other guarding a designated launch area; at least 1,300 kilometers apart. The basic limitation that these two superpowers were facing was the fact that they were signing away their permission to advance their defense systems to cover the entire nation from incoming Intercontinental Ballistic …show more content…

Or is better to allow for a binding international treaty to regulate how countries operate with their nuclear firepower advancements? It’s fine, I’ll wait for you to think about that while ICBMs are flying through the air to eliminate your entire country. Creating limitations to any military-based nuclear power has more upside than downside because the more power that is out there in multiple countries, the more chance for balance. “Over time, most countries…referred to the treaty as a ‘cornerstone of strategic stability’ because it facilitated later agreements limiting and reducing U.S. and Russian deployed strategic nuclear arsenals.” (“Arms Control Today”). Once one treaty is in place regulating one aspect of nuclear power, it opens the door to limiting more aspects of nuclear power as well as different things that empower countries’ militaries. You just can’t always rely on countries keeping each other in check as far as nuclear missiles and defense systems because most countries are doing all they can to increase their own power while also depleting their competitors power. It will come down to one big dangerous race that needs to have things like the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treat jumping out in front to stop total

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