NMD bill stalled in Senate; new bill introduced in house

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Republican senators failed again to enforce a floor vote on the 'American Missile Protection Act of 1998.' The bill, which would deploy a National Missile Defense (NMD) system against an intentional, accidental or unauthorized missile attack against the US, failed to muster the required 60 votes. The Clinton administration has pledged that it will authorize the development of an NMD system. The debates in the Senate regarding a missile defense system was in reaction to perceived ballistic missile threats from countries such as North Korea, Iran and Iraq.

Political aspects, Defense programs

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Senate panel approves NMD bill seeking to move up deployment

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The Senate Armed Services Committee's approval of the American Missile Protection Act of 1998 sparked a debate concerning the national missile defense (NMD) policy, between the government and the Congress. Supporters of the legislation contend that the NMD deployment will discourage the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Opponents claim that it contradicts the government's '3+3' program. They also criticized the basis for the NMD deployment.

Weapons systems

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U.S., Russia agree on framework for ABM-TMD 'demarcation' talks

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The US and Russia have agreed on a framework for negotiating a dividing line between theater missile defense (TMD) systems and strategic missile defense systems, which the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty strictly limits. The framework provides that the testing of TMD systems would be limited to target missiles having a 3,500-kilometer maximum range and a 5-kilometer-per-second maximum flight velocity.

Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, United States. Department of Defense. Theater Missile Defense Initiative Office

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