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"Two-thirds reduction is great.yWe're all for
that," Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said during a Jan. 7
confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary-desig-
nate Les Aspin. "But that doesn't reduce the num-
ber of warheads that are out there by two-thirds.
Quite the opposite. The numbers stay the same, and
the two-thirds which are. now off alert are put in a
position where they're less secure."
Roughly half of the U.S. nuclear warheads per-
mitted under START II would be deployed at sea
while 100 long-range bombers could be converted
to conventional roles, according to treaty docu-
ments and private estimates.
Both sides made last-n-anute compromises that
cleared the way for completing the treaty that was
signed in Moscow on Jan. 3. U.S. negotiators acced-
ed to Moscow's request to retain 90 SS-18 missile
silos. The 10-warhead missiles must be destxoyed
under START II, analysts said, and cement will be
poured into the silos to prevent reloading.
Fold Council Russian negotiators also gained an extension of a
ventional roles while 94 B-52Hs are expected to
carry nuclear air-launched cruise missiles or radar-
evading Advanced Cruise Missiles with nuclear war-
heads. A 20-plane fleet of B-2 bombers is expected
to be deployed with nuclear bombs.
START II's verification provisions will allow, for
the first time, inspectors to confirm weapon loads
carried by the other side's strategic bombers. The
provision allows Russian inspectors their closest
look at the B-2 bomber, but the United States will
be able to conceal most of the plane with shrouds.
U.S. inspectors also will be able to observe SS- 18
silo conversion and missile destruction procedures.
Dunbar Lockwood, an analyst with the Washing-
ton-based Anns Control Association, estimated the
number of weapons carried by U.S. strategic bomb-
ers would decline from 3,700 warheads to 1,272
warheads, or 36 percent of the total perrrdtted un-
der START H.
The United States also would be able to reconvert
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Russian-Mindmil
UwSm &plores 'F Contiol Technoloff
By BARBARA OPALL proved U.S.-Russian relations, is bands into the human subcon- Technology Policy are beginning U.S. and Russian sources said.
Defense News Staff Writer beginning to lift the veil of secre- scious without upsetting other in- to provide limited demonstra- An undated paper by the Psy-
tellectual functions. Experts said tions for their U.S. counterparts. chor Center, a Moscow-based
..44 -WASHINGTON - The Russian- cy surrounding the technology.
4@;: -gover.nment is perfecting mind- The Ri issian capability, demon. laboratory demonstrations have Further evaluations of key group affiliated with the Depart-
in strated in a series of laboratory shown encouraging results after ment of Psycho-Correction at the
control technology developed technologies in the United States
the 1970s that could be used to experiments dating back to the exposure of less than one minute. are being planned, as are discus- Moscow Medical Academy' ac-
knowledges the potential danger
hone fighting capabilities of mid-1970s, could be used to sup- Moreover, decades of research sions aimed at creating a frame-
friendly forces while demoraliz- press riots, control dissidents, de- and investment of untold WdIlions work for bringing the issue under of this capability. The Russian ex-
of rubles in the process Of Psy- bilateral or multilateral controls, See CONTROL, Page 29
A:.1 ing and disabling opposing moralize or disable opposing
troops. forces and enhance the perfor- cho-correction has produced the
Known as acoustic psycho-cor- mance of friendly special opera- ability to alter behavior on willing
to control tions teams, sources say. and unwilling subjects, the ex-
rection, the capability
minds and alter behavior of civil- Pioneered by the government- perts add.
407 Correction
In an effort to restrict potential dramatically scaled down combat
lans and soldiers may soon be funded Department of Psycho
shared with U.S. military, medical Correction at the Moscow Medi- misuse of this capability, Russian A page three article'in the Dec. and radar systems. A family of
and political officials, according cal Academy, acoustic psycho- senior research sVientists, diplo- 14-20 issue about agreement on EFA variants will be developed
to U.S. and Russian sources. correction involves the mats, military officers and offi- the European Fighter Aircraft de- allowing each country to choose 1:3t,
The sources say the Russian transmission of specific com- cials of the Russian Ministry of velopment incorrectly stated that the level of sophistication it can I
e noise Higher Education, Science & the new EFA design called for afford.
government, in the spirit of im- mands via static or whit
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