Ground clearing, a preliminary step to the construction of missile interceptor silos for the Star Wars (National Missile Defense) program, began at Fort Greely in late August 2001. Many observers including the Russian government, see such construction - due to begin next year - as the "straw that will break the camel's back" in terms of the future of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty.
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