The Dismantling of Arms Control Treaties

I think the decision on the i an f treaty was a serious mistake. Arms control protected us. In no way, arms control should be abandoned. We have too readily dismissed the potential adversary as too weak economically and too backward in many ways to respond. That has never been true. The difference in the size of the economy is real, but that does not reflect on the quality of its scientific and technological capabilities. And all you have to do is look at the space programs, look at the extent to which we purchased russian rocket engines,. Look at the co operation we've had with them on the c p o  and other things. I don't know what will they do in