This way, the Administration can say it is still adhering to the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, which bars deploying nationwide missile defense shields.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

No American, let alone our allies in the Middle East, can help but rejoice that the Reagan administration succeeded in taking the first, tenuous steps away from perpetual U.S. vulnerability by upgrading the Patriot air defense system to give it modest antiballistic missile capabilities.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: End Madness of Planned Vulnerability