Number: RL30967
Title: National Missile Defense: Russia's Reaction
Authors: Amy Woolf, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report provides a detailed review of Russia's reaction to U.S. policy on missile defense and U.S. proposals for modifications to the ABM Treaty. It begins with a background section that describes the central limits in the ABM Treaty and U.S. policy on the deployment of missile defenses. It then describes Russia's objections to the U.S. proposals. It also provides a summary of possible military responses that Russia might take after the United States withdraws from the ABM Treaty and begins deployment of missile defenses and contains a discussion of Russia's proposals for diplomatic and military alternatives to the U.S. plans to deploy missile defense. The report concludes with a discussion of the U.S. response to Russia's objections, a few issues for Congress, and a summary of the Russian reaction to the U.S. withdrawal from the ABM Treaty.
Pages: 22
Date: Updated June 14, 2002