Why Canada must oppose space-based missile defence

Canada is urg to lobby the United States against the unfolding of space-based missile systems, in favor of an international regime to enshrine space as a peaceful environment. Rather than providing an effective, long-term protection against nuclear attack, spaced-based ABM a whole s are seen as leading to greater risks, as well as threatening the vast commercial and scientific use of exterior space. Remarks to the 72 annual Couchiching Couchiching conversation Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs talk Geneva Park, Ontario, August 9 2003

**********

The universal of missile defence began almost with the outset of the missile age itself. by means of ...