| On War |
Reversal of Détente; Build
up of US Military
B1 Bombers, MX “Peacekeeper” Missile
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| On Deterrence |
Strategic Triad- ICBMs, SLBMs, and ALCMs
Second Strike Capability.
Strategic Defense Initiative, “Star Wars”
PBS Video Clip: SDI,
Secretary of Defense Weinberger speaks on SDI as the best deterrent
Portraying SU as an “evil empire”
Address
to British Parliament, June 8th, 1982
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| On Disarmament |
Reykjavik Summit
Reagan and Gorbachev decide nuclear abolition is the best policy,
but Reagan refuses to abandon SDI plans.
PBS
Video Clip
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| Treaties signed/ratified; Legislation passed |
1981
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials,
1984
Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics to Expand the US-USSR Direct Communications
Link, TIAS 11428,
1986
Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident,
1986
Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or
Radiological Emergency,
1987 Agreement on Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers,
1987
Protocol on Procedures Governing the Elimination of Russian and
American Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty),
1988
Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Conduct of a Joint Verification
Experiment,
1988
Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics on Notifications of Launches of
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and Submarine-Launched Ballistic
Missiles 27 I.L.M. 1200.
1988
Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention
and the Paris Convention,
1988
Treaty on Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range
Missiles - Between USA and USSR. |