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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:18:54 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: General Lee Butlers Text on speaking to the CNANW

>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:53:33 -0500
>Subject: General Lee Butlers Text on speaking to the CNANW
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>
>General Lee Butler (rtd) has read and approved this text of his March 11th
>address to the CNANW.
>It is now officially available at  http://www.pgs.ca/pages/a2/lbut9903.htm
>
>With thanks to Robin Collins who I believe did the original transcription.
>
>Robert McNamara's words in Canada are also available as published via
>http://www.pgs.ca/pages/a2000.html
>
>With thanks and appreciation,
>
>Ross Wilcock
>[e-mail]
>http://www.pgs.ca/
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:20:05 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Missile Defense and Nuclear Space Danger

>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:49:49 -0500
>Subject: Missile Defense and Nuclear Space Danger
>Priority: non-urgent
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>                U.S. Senate and House passes missile defense bills
>
>WASHINGTON - The Senate voted overwhelmingly 17 March 1999 to approve a
>bill
>calling for a nationwide defense against a limited ballistic missile
>attack.
>The legislation won approval only after President Clinton and most Senate
>Democrats dropped their long-standing opposition to it Tuesday. On a 97-3
>vote, the Senate adopted the bill committing the military to deploy a
>national missile as soon as ''technologically possible.'' The House passed
>its own version of a missile-defense bill on 18 March 1999. Story in
>Washington Post:
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/daily/march99/missile18.htm
>
>Opponents have said the measures violate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile
>(ABM) Treaty, are a waste of billions of tax dollars, and threaten the
>environment with more Plutonium contamination. The only way these bills can
>be stopped is by President Clinton's veto.=20
>
>President Clinton can be contacted by mail:=20
>
>The White House; 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.; Washington, D.C. 20500
>
>by Phone: [phone]  Fax: [phone]=20
>
>or you can send a fax by sending an Email with your message to:
><remote-printer.President_Bill_Clinton/[e-mail]=
>
>
>
>and by E-mail to <[e-mail]>
>
>
>                ****************************************************
>
>
>Speech by Karl Grossman: =93Space Use and Ethics" 4 March 1999
>http://www.nonviolence.org/noflyby/karl/ethics.htm
>
>The following is a condensed version of a speech given by Karl Grossman at
>a
>seminar on =93Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space=94 organized by the
>Women=92s International League for Peace and Freedom held at the United
>Nations Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on March 10 and at the
>Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany at a conference on =93Space=
 Use
>and Ethics" on March 4. =20
>
>Professor Grossman of the State University/College at Old Westbury is a
>member of the Commission on Disarmament Education, Conflict Resolution and
>Peace of the United Nations and the International Association of University
>Presidents, and author of =93The Wrong Stuff: The Space Program=92s Nuclear
>Threat To Our Planet=94 and writer and narrator of the TV documentaries
>=93Nukes
>in Space: The Nuclearization and Weaponization of the Heavens=94 and the
>just-released
>=93Nukes In Space 2: Unacceptable Risks.=94=20
>=20
>The U.S. military is seeking to =93control space=94 and the Earth below, to
>base
>weapons in space--and we must all join to stop this. Here=92s the plan: the
>United States Space Command=92s "Vision For 2020" report, issued last year.
>Look at the cover of the report: laser weapons
>shooting their beams down from space zapping targets below. And, the report
>goes on, in wording laid out like in the start of the Star Wars movies: =93=
US
>Space Command--dominating the space dimension of military operations to
>protect US interests and investment. Integrating Space Forces into
>warfighting capabilities across the full spectrum of conflict.=94 This was
>not
>written in Hollywood; it=92s an official U.S. military publication.
>       =20
>Here=92s the plan: General Joseph Ashy, commander-in-chief of the U.S.=
 Space
>Command--its motto =93Master of Space=94--speaking in =93Aviation Week and=
 Space
>Technology=94 in an article headlined: =93USSC [U.S. Space Command]=
 Prepares
>for
>Future Combat Missions in Space.=94 General Ashy talks of =93space=
 control,=94
>the
>U.S. term for control of space, and =93space force application,=94 the U.S.
>military=92s definition of control of Earth from space. Says General Ashy:
>=93We=92ll expand into these two missions because they will become=
 increasingly
>important. We will engage terrestial targets someday--ships, airplanes,
>land
>targets--from space. We will engage targets in space, from space.=94 It=92s
>politically sensitive, but it=92s going to happen,=94 says the general.=
 =93Some
>people don=92t want to hear this, and it sure isn=92t in vogue,
>but--absolutely--we=92re going to fight in space. We=92re going to fight=
 from
>space and we=92re going to fight into space. That=92s why the U.S. has
>development programs in directed energy and hit-to-kill mechanisms.=94
>
>Here=92s the plan: =93Space-Based Laser Readiness Demonstrator=94 are the=
 words
>on
>top on this poster of a laser weapon in space, with a U.S. flag waving in
>space above it. (I didn=92t know U.S. flags were able to wave in space.)
>=93Preparing Today To Protect Tomorrow,=94 say the words below, next to a=
 seal
>of the =93team=94 involved in the project, a contract for which was signed=
 last
>year: TRW, Boeing, the U.S. Air Force and the Ballistic Missile Defense
>Organization, the new name for the U.S. Star Wars operation.=20
>
>Here=92s the plan: Guardians of the High Frontier, the publication of the=
 Air
>Force Space Command, proclaiming: =93Air Force Space Command Vision:
>Defending
>America through the control and exploitation of space.=94 Here=92s the=
 plan:
>Phillips Laboratory, the Air Force research and
>development facility, describing itself: =93Phillips Laboratory supports=
 the
>war fighter=85Phillips Laboratory is helping control space for the United
>States.=94
>   =20
>Here=92s the plan: Asst. Secretary of the Air Force for Space Keith Hall,
>who=92s also director of the National Reconnaissance Office (which has a=
 $6.8
>billion annual budget, nearly three times the CIA=92s), declaring: =93With
>regard to space dominance, we have it, we like it, and we=92re going to=
 keep
>it.=94 Here=92s the plan: in =93Time=94 magazine last month. The headline:=
 =93Star
>Wars: The Sequel, Hey, what ever happened to arms control? Well, here comes
>the new Bill Clinton, Star Warrior.=94 The article began: =93Disregard=
 previous
>orders. It=92s back to the future after Clinton this month sent Congress a
>military budget proposing to pump $6.6 billion into development of a
>national missile-defense shield by 2005 Missile defense? Examining the new
>Clinton Son of Star Wars drive in context, it sure appears that what=92s up
>the sleeves of the U.S. military is in large part not defense but offense=
=85.
>=20
>Here=92s the plan: =93The Future of War: Power, Technology & American World
>Dominance in the 2lst Century=94 is the name of the book. It is written by
>U.S.=93defense experts=94 and consultants, George and Meredith Friedman.=
 The
>book=92s thrust: =93Just as by the year 1500 it was apparent that the=
 European
>experience of power would be its domination of the global seas, it does not
>take much to see that the American experience of power will rest on the
>domination of space,=94 the Friedmans write. =93Just as Europe expanded war=
 and
>its power to the global oceans, the United States is expanding war and its
>power into space and to the planets,=94 they say. =93Just as Europe shaped=
 the
>world for a half a millennium=94--by the Britain, France and Spain=
 dominating
>the oceans with their fleets--=93so too the United States will shape the
>world
>for at least that length of time.=94 "The Future of War: Power, Technology=
 &
>American World Dominance in the 2lst Century"--as do various government
>reports--see as critical to the new weapons the U.S. seeks to deploy in
>space, nuclear power in space.
>
>As =93New World Vistas: Air And Space Power For The 2lst Century,=94 a U.S.=
 Air
>Force board report, states: =93In the next two decades, new technologies=
 will
>allow the fielding of space-based weapons of devastating effectiveness to
>be
>used to deliver energy and mass as force projection in tactical and
>strategic conflict=85These advances will enable lasers with reasonable mass
>and
>cost to effect very many kills.=94 But, notes the report, =93power=
 limitations
>impose restrictions=94 on such-based weapons systems making them=
 =93relatively
>unfeasible=85.A natural technology to enable high power,=94 it goes on, =93=
is
>nuclear power in space.=94 =93Setting the emotional issues of nuclear power
>aside, this technology offers a viable alternative for large amounts of
>power in space,=94 it goes on. Weapons in space. Nukes in space=85.
>
>What about the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, the =93basic framework on
>international space law?=94 --as notes the United Nations in describing the
>landmark treaty now signed by 91 nations. The U.S., the United Kingdom and
>former Soviet Union were its initiators. What about the declaration of the
>Outer Space Treaty that space shall be used =93for peaceful purposes=85The
>exploration and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial
>bodies, shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interest of all
>countries?=94 What about the provision of the Outer Space Treaty that=
 nations
>shallnot =93place in orbit around the Earth any objects
>carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass
>destruction?=94
>Meanwhile, the U.S. is speaking about, =93in the next two decades=85the
>fielding
>of space-based weapons of devastating effectiveness,=94 as =93New World=
 Vistas=94
>states. Already the U.S. is in outright violation of the Outer Space
>Treaty=92s provision that =93states shall be liable for damage caused by=
 their
>space objects.=94
>
>In 1991, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the
>U.S.
>Department of Energy entered into a Space Nuclear Power Agreement to cover
>its nuclear space flights including the current Cassini plutonium-fueled
>space probe mission--with the Price-Anderson Act. This is a U.S. law which
>limits liability in the event of a nuclear to $8.9 billion for U.S.
>domestic
>damage and just $100 million for damage to all foreign nations. Thus if the
>=93inadverent reentry=94 of Cassini back into the Earth=92s atmosphere=
 which NASA
>is concerned could occur on Cassini=92s planned August 1999 Earth =93flyby=
=94
>does
>happen, and a part of Europe or Africa or Asia or Latin America is
>impacted,
>all the nations and all the people affected could
>collect in damages--despite the amount of land left contaminated, the
>number
>of people left with cancer--would be $100 million=85. And we=92re speaking=
 of
>potentially huge damage. NASA intends to send the Cassini space probe and
>its 72.3 pounds of plutonium dioxide fuel hurtling at Earth at 42,300 miles
>per hour for a =93gravity assist=94 or =93slingshot=94 maneuver--to give it
>additional velocity so it can reach its final destination of Saturn. It=92s
>supposed to buzz the
>Earth at 496 miles high this coming August 18.
>  =20
>But, says NASA its =93Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Cassini
>Mission,=94 if the probe does not come in at 496 miles high, if it dips=
 down
>after hundreds of millions of miles in space into the Earth=92s 75-mile=
 high
>atmosphere--and makes an =93inadverent reentry=94--it will break up, the=
 =93Final
>Environmental Impact Statement=94 concedes. Plutonium will be released.=
 And,
>says the =93Final Environmental Impact Statement,=94approximately 5 billion=
 of
>the estimated 7 to 8 billion world population at the time=85could receive=
 99
>percent or more of the radiation exposure.=94
>       =20
>=85.And even if the Cassini Earth =93flyby=94 is not scuttled and Cassini=
 not
>redirected in coming months as it can and should--to fly into the sun and
>be
>consumed, but goes ahead and works, NASA is planning eight more plutonium
>space probe shots in coming years, according to a report issued last year
>by
>the U.S. General Accounting Office. With a 12% failure rate already in the
>use by the U.S. (and also the Soviet Union and now Russia) of nuclear power
>in space, accidents--and disaster--are inevitable. And U.S. liability will
>be shielded under the Price Anderson Act, in violation of the Outer Space
>Treaty. What the government of my country, the United States of America, is
>involved in in space is in violation of international law. It gravely
>endangers life on this planet. It pushes us toward nuclear catastrophe.
>
>The military use of space being planned by the U.S. is in total
>contradiction of the principles of peaceful international cooperation that
>the U.S. likes to espouse. The aim is to develop a world in which it would
>literally be USA uber alles. This flies in the face of the spirit, the
>ideals of the United States of America. It denigrates those courageous men
>and women who came to this continent and fought the horrific evil of
>fascism
>in World War II.
>
>It pushes us--all of us--toward war in the heavens. George Friedman,
>co-author of =93The Future of War: Power, Technology & American World
>Dominance in the 2lst Century,=94 claims that the U.S. can dominate the=
 Earth
>for centuries ahead because of its technological prowess. He says other
>nations--he names Russia, Japan and China--are just =93passing blips=85to
>compete with the U.S.=94=20
>I=92ve been to Russia; I=92ve been to Japan; I=92ve been to China. They are=
 no
>passing technological =93blips.=94 And if the United States moves to arm=
 the
>heavens, to utilize space as what one high U.S. military officer calls the
>=93ultimate high ground,=94 other nations will follow--leading to a new=
 arms
>race--and ultimately war--in space. This all must be stopped before it gets
>completely out of hand. Stopped=85and now!      =20
>
>                ********************************************
>
>Please consider showing the new video by EnviroVideo called "Nukes in Space
>2: Unacceptable Risks" this Earth Day. Contact NoFlyby, if interested in a
>copy to review. Information on the video is posted at
>http://www.nonviolence.org/noflyby/ref/nuk2ord.htm
>
>                *********************************************
>
>The dangers of the Cassini space probe is only the tip of a real threat to
>humankind.=20
>The time is now to rise up and demand the banning of all weapons in space
>and dangerous technologies that threaten the mass destruction of life.=20
>
>There is only 97 days left to redirect NASA's plans to accelerate the
>Cassini space craft toward Earth from Venus.
>
>
>                *********************************************
>
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>Action Site to Stop Cassini Earth Flyby=20
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>P.O. Box 1999
>Wendell Depot, MA 01380 USA
> =20
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 13:13:17 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Stockpile Stewardship Resolution

Dear Friends,
Below is a call for help on the Marky resolution which I am forwarding to you.
Please call your congresspeople below and ask them to sign up again for the
Markey and Woolsey resolutions.  Markey's resolution to cut off funding for
new
nuclear weapons development has no number, but they have to be signed on by
Tuesday if they are to be listed as sponsors. Ask that they call Jeff
Duncan in
Markey's office.  Woolsey's is HR 82, calling on Clinton to negotiate a
treaty.  Ask them to call Mark Dooley in Woolsey's office.  Most of the people
listed below sponsored both resolutions before in the last session of
Congress,
but the resolutions have to be reintroduced in this new session and we have to
ask them to sign on again. If your Congressperson is not listed below, it
would
still be a good idea to try to reach them. Many thanks. Alice


>Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:35:13 -0500
>Subject: Stockpile Stewardship Resolution
>Priority: non-urgent
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
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> [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>Markey's office just called.  They will be dropping the resolution on
>Wednesday, March 24 and have requested help getting co-sponsors.  Below is
>a list of people who either co-sponsored last year or have expressed some
>interest in the resolution.  If you can place a call into any of these
>offices before Wednesday, that would be a great help.  Also, can someone
>please forward this to Kathy Crandall and others working on this?  I still
>don't have my email address list fully updated and can't find everyone.
>Thanks,
>M
>
>p.s Please get back to me if you hear anything from these offices. Please
>also feel free to call others not on this list.
>
>
>Target List:
>Name                      Staff                      Phone
>Barbara Lee (D-CA)        Linda White                225-2661
>Lois Capps (D-CA)         AliciaMayfield    225-3601
>Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA)  Henry Dixon 225-7924
>Bob Filner                Richard Patrick   225-8045
>Jerry Nadler (D-NY)       John Doty                  225-5635
>Carolyn Malony (D-NY)Mike Fisher            225-7944
>Nita Lowy (D-NY) Karen Dunn                 225-6506
>Major Owens (D-NY)        Sudafi Henry               225-6231
>Gary Ackerman (D-NY)      Hillary Jockmans(sp?)225-2601
>Lynn Rivers (D-MI)        Tim Reeger                 225-6261
>Cynthia McKinny (D-GA)Peter Hickey          225-1605
>Tom Allen (D-ME) Todd Stein                 225-6116
>
>
>Those already on the resolution:
>Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
>Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
>George Miller (D-CA)
>Jim McGovern (D-MA)
>John Tierney (D-MA)
>Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
>Diane DeGette (D-CO)
>Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
>Tom Barrett (D-WI)
>
>
>
>Maureen Eldredge
>Program Director
>Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:30:34 -0800
From: Andrew Lichterman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Russian Surprise Attack Risk?

The author of this story is probably best known for his extensive investigation questioning the conclusion
that the death of Clinton aide Vince Foster was a suicide.

A selection of his work can be found at  http://www.triblive.com/ruddy/

Take a look and draw your own conclusions.

David Crockett Williams wrote:
>
> I am curious as to what those more knowledgeable than I think about the
> following report forwarded from another list, regarding whether these fears
> of war on the US by Russia have valid basis in facts:
>
> Russia and China Prepare for War -- Part 4
> Russia May Launch a Surprise Attack Against US
>
> Christopher Ruddy
> March 12, 1999
>
> Russia May Launch a Surprise Attack Against US
>
> Since 1917, "capitalist warmongers" in the US and Europe have
> been the principal targets of hatred by Russians and the Chinese.
> Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, those campaigns of hate
> subsided briefly, and authoritarian communists stepped out of the
> spotlight. Today, with Russia reported in desperate economic
> straits, the Russian people are again being told, "it's the fault of
> America and Europe." Brutal communist leaders are again publicly
> talking, dissent is again being banned, and hatred against the West is
> soaring.
>
> During the past year, my concerns about Russia have been greatly
> increased as a result of an interview I conducted with Jeffrey
> Nyquist -- an independent researcher on Russia and author of The
> Origins of the Fourth World War.
>
> Nyquist believes Russia has been planning a surprise nuclear attack
> against the United States, and that this attack will come sooner
> rather than later -- quite possibly within the next year if the US
> continues on its present reckless course. I would have scoffed at
> such suggestions had Nyquist not made such a convincing case and
> demonstrated such a powerful intellect.
>
> During our conversations, Nyquist listed signs that would indicate a
> Russian attack was being planned.
>
> NYQUIST'S STARTLING PREDICTIONS
>
> In early 1998, Nyquist predicted that authorities in Russia would
> deliberately implode their own economy to advance their political
> and military agendas. There were several reasons. First, that would
> divert attention from the theft of billions of dollars by government
> officials from "privatized" companies, and provide a convenient
> explanation why none of them were making any money. Second, by
> engendering Russia's economic collapse and blaming the West, the
> necessary psychological atmosphere for war against the US would
> be created.
>
> Another outcome of Russia's economic collapse, Nyquist said,
> would be the emergence of a series of progressively stronger and
> more militarist Russian leaders. Primakov -- Yeltsin's Prime
> Minister -- perfectly fits Nyquist's prediction. He's a former
> hard-line, anti-American KGB general.
>
> Nyquist also predicted that Russia would ally with China. That, too,
> has now taken place, as you'll see below.
>
> Finally, Nyquist predicted that Russia would stockpile huge
> quantities of food and other supplies for war, and begin moving
> their nuclear weapons on to their naval ships where they are much
> more difficult to monitor and deter. All of this has occurred.
>
> SPY WARNS OF RUSSIAN WAR PLANS
>
> Nyquist is not the only astute observer of Russia who believes
> Russia may be preparing for war against the US. Stanislav Lunev --
> the highest-ranking GRU (Russian military intelligence) officer ever
> to defect from Russia -- also warns that Russia is preparing for war
> against the United States.
>
> Lunev's book Through the Eyes of the Enemy (published last
> summer by Regnery) states categorically that the Cold War is not
> over and that Russia continues to plan for a nuclear war. "Russia
> remains terrified of the power of America, and Russian military
> intelligence does everything it can prepare for a war that it considers
> inevitable," he wrote. This war, Lunev details, would employ
> nuclear, biological and chemical weapons against America.
>
> RUSSIAN PLANS: KILL US LEADERS; USE BIOLOGICAL
> WEAPONS ALREADY IN US
>
> Lunev explains war would begin with the infiltration of Russian
> special operations troops into the US, who would kill top political
> and military leaders. Lunev also warns that Russian GRU (military
> intelligence) agents have already deposited, near key water
> reservoirs, deadly poisons and toxins which would result in millions
> of civilians being ravaged by disease. Lunev says, for instance, that
> the Russians have determined that they could wipe out a significant
> part of the population of Florida by polluting water sources in the
> Carolinas.
>
> Another part of Russia's plan, according to Lunev, is to deploy
> suitcase nuclear bombs at strategic points throughout the US. Lunev
> says he personally scouted a site in the Hudson Valley just above
> New York City for one such suitcase nuke.
>
> Lunev has also told me that the democracy movement in Russia
> was a charade and part of "a plan" to get the West disarm --
> achieving through deception what the Soviet Union was never able
> to achieve militarily. Lunev explained that China was pursuing
> parallel policies, absorbing as much Western aid and technology as
> possible before a final confrontation, which Lunev regarded as
> imminent.
>
> RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC COLLAPSE INCREASES RISK OF
> WAR
>
> The collapse of Russia's economy greatly increased the chances of
> war with the West. With 29 times Finland's population, Russia's
> budget barely matches theirs. According to news reports, millions of
> ordinary Russians are now struggling just to stay alive, selling family
> heirlooms and chopping up their furniture for kindling.
>
> Russia's political leaders and economic czars, of course, will never
> admit that they and their failed totalitarian system are responsible
> for this widespread misery, and increasingly the West is being
> blamed.
>
> This is particularly dangerous, because despite economic
> desperation, Russia continues is still a nuclear superpower. Victor
> Olove, director of Moscow's Center for Policy Studies, told the Los
> Angeles Times, "People who have nuclear warheads in their hands
> have not gotten their salaries for three or four months and are
> literally hungry."
>
> Some press reports show how close to war we have already come.
> Britain's Panorama news program reported that in 1995 the Yeltsin
> government came within minutes of a full nuclear attack on the
> United States after Russian defense systems failed.
>
> US DETROYS NUCLEAR ARSENAL, RUSSIAN ARSENAL
> EXPANDS
>
> Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been
> systematically destroying its nuclear arsenal. In 1991, the US had
> approximately 30,000 strategic and tactical nuclear weapons. Under
> Clinton, that arsenal has fallen nearly 60%. In 1997, the United
> States had only 12,500 (tactical and strategic) nuclear weapons. Of
> these, only 8,750 were active, 2500 more were on reserve, and
> 1,250 were slated to be destroyed. Moreover, our nuclear arsenal
> has a limited "shelf life," and year by year, more and more weapons
> become unusable. The Clinton administration has only recently
> taken belated steps to produce tritium, a necessary component for
> the maintenance of nuclear weapons.
>
> In contrast, the Russians may now have as many as 50,000
> strategic and tactical nuclear weapons -- ranging from small suitcase
> bombs to large warheads suitable for intercontinental ballistic
> missiles (ICBM's). The lion's share of these weapons remain
> targeted at the US. And Russia is quickly building even more
> weapons.
>
> Never before has the strategic nuclear balance been so greatly in
> Russia's favor. From a military standpoint, this creates a unique
> window of opportunity for Russia to launch a successful first-strike
> against the United States at minimal cost to themselves.
>
> "USE IT OT LOSE IT"
>
> Like America's nuclear arsenal, Russia's is degrading as it gets older
> and requires expensive, periodical servicing.
>
> The Russian government is well aware of this problem. In a recent
> report to the Duma (Russia's Congress), First Deputy Prime
> Minister Yuri Masluyokov (a former Soviet military-industrial
> planner) states that because of obsolescence, Russia's nuclear
> arsenal will decline quickly, and Russia may "be able to field only
> 800 to 900 nuclear warheads seven years from now."
>
> Because of Russia's economic problems, Russia may never again
> enjoy the huge strategic advantage it now has over its old enemies
> in the West. For die-hard communists, the huge, but temporary,
> military advantage may represent an irresistible opportunity to "use
> them before we lose them." Indeed, Bruce Blair, a well-known
> liberal from the Brookings Institution, stated last summer in The
> National Interest, "Russia's conventional forces have declined ...
> and into this vacuum has rushed a growing reliance on nuclear
> weapons -- including their first use in any serious conventional
> conflict."
>
> Recognizing the limited shelf-life of Russia's nuclear arsenal, Blair
> adds, "The nuclear forces themselves have become vulnerable....
> Consequently Russia today faces far stronger pressures to ?use or
> lose' its nuclear arsenal than at any time since the early 1960s."
>
> Y2K BUG MAY BE "TRIPWIRE" FOR WAR
>
> Coinciding with the continuing degradation of Russia's nuclear
> weapons are military problems they will soon experience as a result
> of the Y2K (Year 2000 or Millennium) computer bug.
>
> Like all modern strategic weapons, Russia's nuclear arsenal is
> critically dependent upon computer technology. At the latest, by
> January 2000 -- less than one year from now -- the millennium bug
> may render that technology largely useless.
>
> Briefly, the problem is that two digit year codes used by most
> computer software will cause computers to misread the year 2000
> as "00" or "1900." It sounds minor, but this computer glitch could
> lead to widespread failure of many high-tech weapons systems,
> including nuclear weapons, aircraft carriers, radar and even tanks.
>
> Even worse, the millennium bug is in billions of "embedded"
> microprocessors buried deep inside missiles, tanks, satellites, and
> nuclear reactors. (Imagine the cost of taking a satellite "into the
> shop" for repairs or sending someone inside a nuclear reactor to
> locate a defective chip!)
>
> The US military is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to
> correct its own huge Y2K problem. Russia, however, has neither
> the money nor the manpower to correct millions of lines of faulty
> code and replace millions of chips. Their official policy is "fix on
> failure;" that is, they plan to do NOTHING to repair their systems
> until they fail. My soon-to-be-published special report -- Y2K and
> Russia: Impetus For Nuclear War? -- details the enormous Y2K
> risks Russia is facing -- and Y2K's implications for you.
>
> Another frightening possibility is that on January 1, 2000, Russia's
> radar screens and early warning system could go blank or falsely
> report incoming missiles. That could lead Russian military leaders to
> believe the US has initiated an attack, and launch a counterattack.
>
> The Y2K-related failure of Russia's early warning system could
> even result in an automatic attack against the US. Most people in
> the West don't realize it, but Russia has long had a "doomsday
> defense system." This system is designed to enable Russia to
> survive a US nuclear first strike and to launch a devastating
> retaliation even if no commanders are left alive in Russia to issue
> the orders. This system is designed to automatically launch nuclear
> missiles at the US if an event occurs that the computer interprets as
> a Western attack -- such as a loss of satellite and radar systems.
> The default target of thousands of Russian strategic missiles are
> cities in the United States and Europe.
>
> Well aware of this problem, US military officials have
> recommended that the US and Russia place observers in each
> others' nuclear control rooms next December, to prevent an
> accidental launch.
>
> RUSSIA PREPARES FOR A FIRST STRIKE
>
> An even more disturbing possibility has not been reported by the
> press: That is the possibility that the Russian general staff -- which
> is well aware of their Y2K and economic problems -- may have
> already decided to strike the United States before their defense
> systems fail on January 1, 2000.
>
> Thus, in an extremely ominous sign, on December 17, 1997,
> President Yeltsin, issued a 37-page policy statement, reneging on
> previous pledges not to use nuclear weapons first.
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:32:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Bay Area HAP event

Anyone interested in learning more about the Hague Appeal for Peace (HAP),
happening May 11-15 in The Netherlands, is invited to attend the Bay Area
Hague Appeal for Peace Orientation-Reception on Saturday March 27 in San
Francisco.   This event is designed to inform the public of HAP,  to
discuss what can be done at the local level for those who are not able to
attend the conference itself, and to build a Bay Area coalition of
organizations attending to ensure post-HAP follow-up.  Over a dozen Bay
Area groups are scheduled to attend and anyone interested is welcome.

Time: 12:00-1:00, Reception, 1:00-2:30 presentations and discussion.

Place:  Baha'i Center, 170 Valencia (at Duboce), San Francisco (nearest
Bart Station: Civic Center/Van Ness)

Suggested Contribution: $5 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Tel: call Catharine at the World Federalist Association for more
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:38:06 -0800
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fw: China, Russia Blast US Missile Defense Bill

>From: "Hilary A. Thomas" <[e-mail]>
>
>
>Thursday March 18 10:32 PM ET
>Missile Defense Bill Blasted
>By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press Writer
>
>MOSCOW (AP) - Russia and China on Thursday criticized the Senate's appro=
val
>of a U.S. anti-missile defense system, saying the move would threaten th=
e
>globe's strategic balance.
>The bill overwhelmingly approved by the Senate on Wednesday commits the
>Pentagon to building a national defense against limited ballistic missil=
e
>attack ``as soon as technologically possible.''
>``That poses a serious threat to the whole process of nuclear arms contr=
ol,
>as well as strategic stability, for which major international agreements
>have been worked out for decades,'' the Russian Foreign Ministry said in=
 a
>statement.
>The U.S. bill was based on a new assessment of the threat of attack from
>countries such as Iran, Iraq and North Korea.
>In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said the measure=
 is
>counterproductive for arms control and disarmament and will ``have an
>impact on global strategic balance.''
>China fears the system could spark a costly arms race, would strengthen
>U.S. military alliances with Japan and South Korea and may be used to
>protect Taiwan, thereby obstructing reunification.
>Russian officials have long expressed concern over the U.S. plan to deve=
lop
>anti-missile defenses that would violate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile
>treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. They have resiste=
d
>U.S. proposals about possibly amending the treaty to allow for limited
>missile defenses.
>Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev sounded less harsh, expressing ho=
pe
>that the United States and Russia would be able to reach agreement on th=
e
>anti-missile defenses.
>``This issue must be studied seriously, and the Senate's decision analyz=
ed,
>but I haven't lost hope, '' Sergeyev said, according to the Interfax new=
s
>agency. ``It's a flexible statement,'' he said of the Senate's move.
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