U.S. Recent Plans in National Air Defense: The East Asia Dimension

... development of the U.S. air defense. Article XIV and Russian President’s statement stipulate that any buildup of the U.S. air defense capabilities in terms of quality and quantity falls within extraordinary circumstances threatening the ultimate interests ... ... New START The 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty) enshrined the conditions of the Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) that Moscow and Washington agreed upon. Both sides proceeded from the relative openness of each other’s territories to ...