ABM Treaty
... withdrawal from the Anti-ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty to create a missile defense system THESIS: The U. ... withdrawal from the ABM Treaty has resulted in a positive and negative fact sheet for the outcome of his National Missile Defense plan MAIN POINT #1: The history of the ABM Treaty-- The ABM Treaty was signed in 1972 following the Cold War between the U. ... BODY: The treaty states that the United States and Soviet Union agree that each may only allow two ABM deployment areas. ... Both parties agreed to limit improvement of their ABM technology. Transition: This Treaty was favored by the U. ... MAIN POINT #2: Bush’s plan for a missile defense system and why he scrapped the ABM Treaty BODY: Bush wished to withdraw from the ABM Treaty with Russia because there is no longer a Soviet Union.