Political Science Quarterly: Reflections on Providing for "The Common Defense", 1986: Can SDI Provide a Defense?

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Volume 101 - Number 5 - Reflections on Providing for "The Common Defense", 1986

pp. 839-856

Can SDI Provide a Defense?
Jerome Slater and David Goldfischer assess the various arguements that have been made for the Strategic Defense Initiative against hostile ballistic missiles. They contend that only one argument is not flawed – the SDI's capacity to provide limited population defense within the context of a new and major arms control regime.

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