Implications of technological developments for arms limitation and disarmament in the conventional field

Multinational discussion of the implications of technological change is important in both the military and the economic spheres but technology cannot be treated as an explicit factor in conventional arms control or disarmament negotiations. Restraining the development of military technology is asking the United States to overturn a policy sustained over a period of almost 30 years. While the expectations for controlling the development of military technology should not be exaggerated, with the dramatic developments taking place in the international system changes of this kind are no longer a wholly unrealistic expectation. The end of the cold war may have a catalytic effect, accelerating change