Les conséquences sur le contrôle des armements de la nouvelle politique de défense anti-missiles

摘要

Arms control implications of the new ballistic missile defence policy, by Bhupendra Jasani Whilst the 1967 Treaty provided for demilitarisation of the moon and other celestial bodies and prohibited the orbit of mass destruction weapons, in fact the development of a new generation of arms for use in space has occurred since then. Current development of antimissile laser beam weapons and the perfecting of anti-satellite arms Systems give rise to fears of a change in the balance on which dissuasion rests and of a new phase of the arms race between the two super powers. At the present stage of research and development in the United States (the Soviet Union is very discreet about results of research in this field), it is not possible to judge the feasibility of an efficient missile defence system, but it is certain that the techniques used to destroy the attacking weapons which involve nuclear explosion would contrevene the stipulations of the Treaty of Moscow of August 1963 as the Treaty of May 1972 limiting deployment of ABMs. Negotiations are therefore important in order to avoid this new and dangerous arms race.