The World : Norway Rejects ‘Star Wars’

Norway became the first North Atlantic Treaty Organization country to state publicly that it will not participate in the U.S. government’s “Star Wars” research program. An official statement said the Oslo government fears that development of new strategic defense systems could lead to an arms race in space and said this must be avoided. Norway, it said, believes that “this research must not be of an extent that would justify the idea that the United States is seeking to secure strategic superiority.”