EspritdeKzhrot’s diary

Pick up the interesting topics of naval security from the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Navy trend reports and so on. Also, I will make a note and follow on my ideas.

Biden's advocates see a potential off-ramp from a burgeoning arms race

I hope that relations with China and Russia will not become the status quo brought about by the inaction of the Clinton and Obama administrations.

 

The rport says,

"Advocates see a potential off-ramp from a burgeoning arms race."

Since the U.S. withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002 ― a move Biden opposed as a senator ― “the GMD system has proceeded in a rushed, chaotic and ultimately counter-productive manner that has resulted in a failed test record, wasted billions of dollars, and accelerated an arms race with Russia and China, leading both adversaries to expand their offensive nuclear weapons programs to counter U.S. missile defenses,”

  

www.defensenews.com