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Third Anniversary of ABM Treaty Withdrawal Notice

December 13, 2004 :: News

On December 13, 2001, President Bush gave formal notice to Russia that the U.S. would be withdrawing from the 1972 ABM Treaty. Six months later, on June 13, 2002, the United States officially withdrew, as provided by the treaty itself.
        Today, three years after notice was given, the first elements of a system have been put into place for what should, someday, come to provide a truly national and strategic defense. Six interceptors are in silos in Alaska and, as of Friday, one at Vandenberg AFB here in California. Although Bill Gertz indicated in yesterday’s Washington Times that the system had formally been operationally deployed, this is not yet the case. In the coming weeks, however, one may expect such an announcement to take place, as well as another test of the system (Integrated Flight Test-13C, or IFT-13C), the first such test in two years.

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