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Star wars threat to ABM treaty

The Pentagon recipe for testing star wars technology without technically violating the anti-ballistic missile treaty is an artificial exercise likely to do more harm than good.

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Star wars threat to ABM treaty. Nature 315, 1–2 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/315001a0

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