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| | Russia-United States Relations, Bush-Putin Summit, Brookings Briefing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | But that the ABM treaty is such, including its ban on nationwide defenses, would remain, at least for the moment, in effect. |
 | | As Ivo pointed out, for the U.S., that's the ABM treaty, U.S. missile defense tests on missile reductions, although maybe we may have some breakthrough with the results of the imperatives of September the 11th. |
 | | As Ivo said, obviously maintaining the old superpower arsenal is a big drain on the Russian economy, and it's not just Putin who's been eager to relieve this. |
| www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/5536.cfm (8306 words) |
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