States creating a missile defense system. The first of these is the fact that they do not want another arms race, and neither do we. The other objection that's China and Russia share is that they do not want missile defense to turn space into an area up of competition. They have read the articles that have been written by Space Command. In these articles it speaks of space being the fourth frontier warfare. China also sees this as an act of aggressive deterrence. They believe in the way America is just starting another arms race. This aggressive deterrence, in a way is seen by Russia as a form of control on the international playing field. It is not only China and Russia that is opposed to America's missile defense plan; there are also European concerns as well. Europe is concerned that United States will disregard the comprehensive test ban treaty and kills the ABM treaty (Anti-Ballistic missile). In a way there is some concern; for if the United States were continue to pursue a missile defense system the Senate would have to agree on killing the AMB Treaty. The European nations and other states see this as a major failure in U.S. foreign policy. The reason for this being, is because if United States kill the AMB Treaty, then what is to stop other countries, like Russia from creating more ballistic weapons. There are other arguments as well for the opposition of a national missile defense system. The first these is that people have said that it is like “shooting a bullet down with a bullet” This leads one to believe that it cannot be done. If you can imagine a gun firing a bullet out of it heading up into the air, than someone else firing a gun into the air trying to hit the first bullet that just fired than you have just pictured what happens in a ground-based inception system. That is just one theory opposed against the Missile Defense System. This leads to the next one, which is that many people question the effec...
