Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CfA-RDP96-00792ROO0500680012-6 A. Source: Arms Control Association "Two-thirds reduction is great."We're all for that, ",Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Said during a Jan. 7 confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary-desig- nate ties 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 wl-dch are now off alert are put in a position where they're less secure." -dy half of the U.S. nuclear warheads per- Rougl 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. -dnute compromises that Both sides made last-n 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-waihead n-dwiles must be destroyed under START 11, analysts said, and cement will be poured into the silos to prevent reloading. DCFENSE NEWS/ Jerold Counci Russian iiegotiators 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 Il'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 permitted un- der START LT. The United States also would be able to reconvert See STARTH, Page 22 us Ss aplores Russian - mm"iffndiwControl Technoloff By BARBARA OPALL Defense News Staff Writer ASHINGTON - The Russian _W ;.0. government is perfecting mind- control technology developed in the 1970s that could be used to hone fighting capabilities of friendly forces while demoraliz- ing and disabling opposing troops. -ycho-cor. Known as acoustic ps rection, the capability to control minds and alter behavior of civil- ians and soldiers may soon be a tt% shared with U.S. military, medical and political officials, according to U.S. and Russian sources. L The sources say the Russian government, in the si)irit of im- proved (I.S.-Russian relations, is beginning to lift the veil of secre- cy surro t inding the technology. The Russian capability, demon- strated iii a series of laboratory experiments dating back to the mid-1970s, could be used to sup- press riots, control dissidents, de- mora lize or disable opposing forces and enhance the perfor- mance of friendly special opera- tions teanis, sources say. Pioneered by the government- funded Department.of Psycho- Cortection at the Moscow Medi- cal Academy, acoustic psycho- correction involves the transmission of specific com- mands via static or white noise bands into the human subcon- scious without upsetting other in@- tellectual functions. Experts said laboratory demonstrations have shown encouraging results after exposure of less than one minute. Moreover, decades of research and investment of untold n-dlUons of rubles in the process Of PsY- cho-correction has produced the ability to alter behavior on willing and unwilling subjects, the ex erts add. P In an effort to restrict potential misuse of this capability, Russian senior research scientists, diplo- mats, military officers and offi- cials of the Russian Ministry of Higher E ducation, Science & Technology Policy are beginning to provide limited demonstra- tions for their U.S. counterparts. Further evaluations of key technologies in the United States are being planned, as are discus- sions aimed at creating a frame- work for bringing the issue under bilateral or multilateral controls, U.S. and Russian sources said. An undated paper by the Psy- chor Center, a Moscow-based group affiliated with the Depart- ment of Psycho-Correction at the Moscow Medical Academy, ac- knowledges the potential danger of this capability. The Russian ex- 29 See CONTROL, PagL Correction A page three article in the Dec. 14-20 issue about agreement on the European Fighter Aircraft de- velopment incorrectly stated that the new EFA design called for dramatically scaled down combat and radar systems. A family of .4-1 EFA variants will be developed allowing each country to choose ;:4. the level of sophistication it can i 11 afford. 0661 ',LI-I I XiLmutr Approved For Release 2003/09/10 CIA-RDP96-00792ROO0500680012-6 77_ * ------------