Strategic Defences and the Future of the Arms Race

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Strategic Defences....Pages 3-10
The Pugwash Symposium on Strategic Defences: An Overview....Pages 11-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Space-Strike Arms and International Security....Pages 37-79
What is SDI?....Pages 80-86
Lasers for Ballistic Missile Defence-An Update....Pages 87-91
Software Aspects of SDI....Pages 92-95
ASAT and BMD....Pages 96-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Strategic Defences and United States-Soviet Relations....Pages 105-114
Weaponisation of Space....Pages 115-118
What Would be the Benefits of SDI if Successful?....Pages 119-122
Star Wars: Defensive Shield or First Strike Capability?....Pages 123-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Missile Defence in NATO Europe....Pages 131-142
British Attitudes on SDI....Pages 143-150
The Debate on SDI in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 151-161
Prospects and Possible Consequences for Defence in Central Europe....Pages 162-165
War or Peace in Space? The European Dilemma....Pages 166-170
EUREKA-How much of a European SDI?....Pages 171-178
NORAD and the SDI-A Canadian View....Pages 179-183
Barriers to Allied Participation in the SDI....Pages 184-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Interpretations of the ABM Treaty....Pages 201-203
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
The Military Use of Space and the International Legal System....Pages 204-215
Legal Rules for Space....Pages 216-219
On the Question of ‘Research’ in the Strategic Defence Initiative and the ABM Treaty....Pages 220-222
Limited ASAT Treaties in relation to the ABM Treaty....Pages 223-225
An Arms Control Proposal Limiting High-Altitude ASAT Weapons....Pages 226-239
Résumé of the Discussion on Strategic Defences....Pages 240-252
Back Matter....Pages 253-286