A day after the U.S. formally abandoned the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, Russia responded by saying it’s no longer bound by the 1993 accord known as START II. That accord outlawed multiple-warhead missiles, precisely the kind of missiles that the Pentagon has found impossible to shoot down with its Star Wars technology.
Meanwhile, federal officials began work in Alaska on Saturday on six underground missile interceptors as part of the so-called national missile defense system. People protested at the main gate of Fort Greely and along the highway.