But beginning already in the following year, the United States would request another review of the Treaty so as to permit a more extensive deployment of NMD components. If the second round succeeds, a third round would be proposed for an even more far-reaching revision of the pact. The third dilemma arises from the fact that, over the course of this year, Russia and China together launched a large scale international campaign to save the ABM Treaty. The above questions defy simple answers. Useful compromises could likely be achieved on other issues as well.
Nothing lasts forever.
What is doable today may become unattainable tomorrow.