Mike Levin: “We can reduce the possibility of facing these increased costs and risks by planning an NMD system consistent with the…”

“We can reduce the possibility of facing these increased costs and risks by planning an NMD system consistent with the ABM Treaty. The current National Missile Deployment Readiness Program, which is consistent with the ABM Treaty, will help provide stability in our strategic relationship with Russia as well as reducing future risks from rogue countries. Those are the risks we are all concerned about, risks from rogue countries being particularly of concerns--missile risks, yes, but other risks of delivery of weapons of mass destruction also. I think that is the greatest threat, those weapons of mass destruction and the delivery by various means, everything from suitcases to ships to truck bombs, perhaps to missiles. Those are the greatest risks that this Nation faces as we enter the next century.”