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CIAO DATE: 1/5/2007
The Limits and Liabilities of Missile Defense
Philip Coyle
November 2006
Abstract
This analysis first appeared in the November 2006 issue of Current History.
“The most effective route in dealing with nuclear and missile proliferation threats may be through creative diplomacy, not military technology.”
After nearly six years of Bush administration efforts to develop a missile defense network, a troubling lack of clarity colors public discourse regarding both the rationale for and the technical progress toward this kind of defense.
