Kim said he hoped U.S. efforts to negotiate with other countries, including its allies on the NationalMissileDefense(NMD) would contribute to international peace and stability.
Administration officials have recently briefed us on the ongoing discussions with Russia to reach a new agreement, based n the terms of the 1972 ABM Treaty, that would accommodate a limited NationalMissileDefense(NMD) system for the United States.
This study reportedly has confirmed the findings of the earlier report submitted to Congress in 1998, namely: that there is no technical reason preventing the evolution of the Navy Theater Wide system into a NationalMissileDefense(NMD) role and that there are significant advantages in overall NMD system performance, readiness and effectiveness by adding Naval ships adapted to the NMD mission.