Having planned a major outlay for defensive missiles, the Clinton administration now faces a major diplomatic and military quandary with China.
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The London-based Jane's Defense Weekly reported Wednesday that South Korea has produced a powerful and sophisticated but purely defensive missile system.
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U . S . officials insist the new defensive missile system will not require revisions in the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty.
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After the S-400 defensive missile system has been installed, allowing Russia to defend the air space from Southern Turkey to Northern Israel.
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After the high-flying sensor system is deployed, a lower-level infrared system would be developed to guide defensive missiles to intercept attacking missiles.
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Dole promised to rebuild the military and develop defensive missile systems that can be used to protect the nation or in battle areas.
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During her campaign stops, Dole promised to develop defensive missile systems that can be used to protect the nation or in battle areas.
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Nearly all modern frigates are equipped with some form of offensive or defensive missiles, and as such are rated as guided-missile frigates ( FFG ).
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It has effectively precluded most defensive missile systems on the grounds that they would encourage the development of increasingly powerful offensive weapons to penetrate them.
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This agreement to restrict defensive missile systems should, in turn, help persuade Russia's Parliament to ratify the huge nuclear missile reduction Yeltsin signed in 1993.
