abstract:The Multilateral Force (MLF) was an American proposal to produce a fleet of submarines and warships, each manned by international NATO crews, and armed with multiple nuclear-armed Polaris ballistic missiles. The proposal was floated by the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.
TheMultilateralSystemispartofthe legally-bindingInternationalTreaty on PlantGeneticResources for FoodandAgriculture that entered into forcein 2004 andhas beenratified by 115 countries.
One of the distinguished retired military officers who co-authored the Center study was General John Foss (USA, Ret.), who served as Commanding General, Training and Doctrine Command (1989-1991) and former Commanding Officer of the 82nd Airborne Division with responsibility for deploying U.S. forces to the MultilateralForce and Observers mission (MFO) in the Sinai Desert.