U.S. Sets Missile Defense Plan, Threatening 1972 ABM Pact. Contrary to Dubya’s ignorant and absurd assertion, the arms race is alive and well; it’s just been exquisitely balanced by just such international agreements in the face of mutually assured destruction (“MAD”) as we are about to abrogate irrevocably. New York Times In that context, as I mention each time I discuss further developments down the path to NMD, I still see no reason (if we truly believe our threat is from ‘rogue states’ and not our former Cold War adversaries) not to preserve MAD and prevent the next escalation in the arms race by sharing the missile defense technology with Russia and China so that they can implement it without delay as we do.