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Table of Contents
Summary of main points
I. Background
II. ABM Treaty
III. Developments during the Clinton Presidency
A. Assessments of the Ballistic Missile Threat
B. National Missile Defence (NMD)
C. Negotiations on Amending the ABM Treaty
IV. Missile Defence and the Bush Administration
A. Debate in the United States
B. Talks on the ABM Treaty
V. US withdrawal from the ABM Treaty
A. Reaction to the US decision to withdraw
B. Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions
VI. Updates US Missile Defence Proposals
VII. The Test Programme
A. Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) System
B. Aegis-based Interceptor System
C. PAC-3 System
VIII. Estimated Costs
A. The Bush Administration Proposals
IX. The Debate over Missile Defence
X. UK Involvement in Missile Defence
A. Previous Government Policy
B. Current Involvement in Missile Defence
C. The Role of RAF Flyingdales
D. Potential Role of RAF Menwith Hill
E. Costs to the UK
XI. NATO Involvement in Missile Defence
Appendix 1 - Text of the Anti-Ballitsic Missile Treaty
Appendix 2 - Text of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
Appendix 3 - Ministry of Defence Assessment of the Ballistic Missile Threat (December 2002)