National Missile Defense and the ABM Treaty: No Need to Wreck the Accord

Philip E. Coyle is senior advisor at the Center for Defense Information, Washington, D.C., and former director of Operational Test and Evaluation at the Department of Defense. John B. Rhinelander is senior counsel at Shaw Pitman, Washington, D.C., and former legal advisor to the U.S. SALT I delegation that negotiated the ABM Treaty.