time and different place. There has been argument to the fact that the treaty is actually void due to the fact that the Soviet Union no longer is in existence. Also another route that the government is working on to get around the ABM treaty is testing with the Tactical High Energy Laser. This laser has been proven to be extremely accurate in defending against short to medium range missiles. The main pro to having a Missile Defense scale is an area of security and national defense. What is security than? What does it take for a nation to be secure and defended? In the Cold war what it took to be secure was having the most nuclear weapons. The concept of MAD was a concept of defense and of deterrence. Security was having first and second nuclear strike capabilities. It was about being able to defend your nation against attack, and if attacked being able to fight back. The real question is: Has anything changed since than? The security of America is still a top priority. However, now in the dawn of a new era, at a time when the World is supposedly “demilitarizing” itself is there a conflict of interests at stake when looking at creating an Anti-Missile Defense program. Many Counties are accusing America of starting back up the arms race and hindering the well being of the Global Community. Countries accuse America of being to self-motivated in this issue and acting to unilaterally in this. However acting unilaterally is exactly what the other counties of the world are doing. Right now twenty-six states have ballistic missiles at their disposal, and it is estimated that thirty more countries are working on getting them or enhancing that ones that they have. These countries are acting in there self-interest. Take China for an example. So far they have accused the U.S. of “aggressive deterrence.” They are purposing that we are being aggressive in our defense. However the very nature of defense i...
