ABM Treaty - Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld
August 16, 2001 - "The (ABM) treaty was
crafted 30 years ago when the Soviet Union and
the United States were basically "the"
nations that were hostile with nuclear weapons.
Today we have a situation where there are any
numbers of countries that are developing weapons
of mass destruction and the ability to deliver
them and an Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty prevents
you from having missile defense."
Interview with PBS Newshour
China - Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
August 16, 2001 - "The position that Mr.
Arbatov articulates is basically, Look, America,
you establish a policy of remaining vulnerable
to ballistic missiles while we are protected
by a missile defense system in Moscow and while
we continue to work with other countries like
China and Iran and Iraq and various other countries
with respect to proliferating some technologies
that are not very helpful to the rest of the
world."
Interview
with PBS Newshour
Missile Defense
- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
August 16, 2001 - "The Russian position
is that they want to be free to have us not develop
a ballistic missile capability — although
they have a missile defense capability around
Moscow with nuclear-tipped interceptors right
now....The position that Mr. Arbatov articulates
is basically, Look, America, you establish a
policy of remaining vulnerable to ballistic missiles
while we are protected by a missile defense system
in Moscow and while we continue to work with
other countries ... with respect to proliferating
some technologies that are not very helpful to
the rest of the world."
Interview with PBS Newshour
Missile Defense
- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
August 16, 2001 - "Most people think we
already have missile defense, but of course we
don't. We don't have the ability to defend against
incoming ballistic missiles with nuclear weapons.
And a policy of vulnerability in the 21st century,
when we know the extent of proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction ... would be a terrible mistake."
Interview with PBS Newshour
Iraq - Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
August 16, 2001 - "The position that Mr.
Arbatov articulates is basically, "Look,
America, you establish a policy of remaining
vulnerable to ballistic missiles while we are
protected by a missile defense system in Moscow
and while we continue to work with other countries
like China and Iran and Iraq and various other
countries with respect to proliferating some
technologies that are not very helpful to the
rest of the world."
Interview
with PBS Newshour
ABM Treaty
- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
August 13, 2001 - "The (ABM) treaty was
designed to prevent countries from having more
than one ballistic missile defense site. That
was at a time when their concern between the
United States and Soviet Union was THE concern
with respect to strategic nuclear weapons."
Meeting
with Russian Political Scientists
Israel - Defense Secretary Donald
H. Rumsfeld
July 22, 2001 - "A country that has a great
interest in missile defense is Israel. Why? Well,
because they've been bombarded by ballistic missiles.
They know what it's like to have missiles coming
into their country killing people. And they've
developed, with us, an air ballistic missile
defense system, which gives them a great deal
of security that they otherwise wouldn't have."
Interview
with C-SPAN
Japan -
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
July 22, 2001 - 'The Japanese are very interested in missile
defense. They have a neighbor, a couple of neighbors that
have a lot of ballistic missiles, and they've been interested
in the subject and are discussing it."
Interview
with C-SPAN
Deterrence
- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
June 27, 2001 - "America's overwhelming
naval power discourages potential adversaries
from investing significant resources into a competing
navy to threaten freedom of the seas — because,
in the end, it would cost a fortune and not accomplish
their strategic objectives. In the same way,
we need to fashion military capabilities for
the new century that, by their very existence,
dissuade potential adversaries from investing
significant resources into a range of dangerous
new capabilities. This is the case with ballistic
missile defense, which, along with nuclear deterrence,
diplomacy, arms control, non-proliferation and
counter-proliferation, will be an important layer
in our deterrence strategy."
An Article by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld,
Published in the Wall Street Journal
Cold War
- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
June 9, 2001 -"The president and I, Secretary
of State (Colin) Powell — all believe that
it's time to put the Cold War behind us. I know
it's hard; it involved much of our lives for
50 years, but it's over and we need to get over
it. We need to stop using the same rhetoric.
We need to stop using the same constructs. We
need to approach the idea of a new framework
for our relationships between NATO and Russia
and other countries. ... missile defense is part
of all that, but it is only a part. Force reductions
are another part. Diplomacy is a part. Counter-proliferation
is a part. There are any number of things that
need to be done."
Interview
with Finnish Newspaper
