Implications for Arms Control

New technologies, while creating intriguing new options for Western military forces have also created some new, serious difficulties in existing institutions for East—West arms control. In this article the nature of these problems — and their implications for existing and future approaches to arms control — will be examined. The article will try essentially to determine whether it will be necessary to forgo the military advantages promised by the new technologies in order to preserve arms control or, alternatively, whether arms control should be adapted so that the new technologies can be widely exploited.