The two leaders also stressed that the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (ABM) signed in 1972 is the cornerstone for international strategic balance and security.

公报说，两国领导人强调，1972年的《限制反弹道导弹防御系统条约》是全球战略稳定和国际安全的基石。

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This, we are told, will destroy the ABM treaty, threaten strategic stability, cause Moscow to withdraw from START and other arms control treaties, and lead to a new arms race.

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The second agreement addresses the question of "demarcationn" : Where is the technological line to be drawn between so-called "theater" missile defenses that were not supposed to be covered by the ABM Treaty and "strategic" defenses that were?

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As a practical matter, the new Soviet posture is designed to make its agreement to and future compliance with a START agreement contingent upon a U.S. commitment never to deploy a strategic defense system prohibited by the ABM Treaty.

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