WITH THE " ROCKET SCREEN " HURTING THE USA THE FORCE
EQUILIBRIUM








MOSCOW, 1 March.  (RIA "Nowosti" rIA-"Nowosti"-Korrespondent Pjotr
Gontscharow).  Andrej Nikolajew, chairman of the Duma committee for
defense (Staatsduma is House of Commons of the Russian parliament), is
convinced that the conversion of the US plan to structure a national
anti-missile defense system (NMD) the agreements over the reduction of
the strategic offensive weapons " down and above " up-soft.

The USA strive, the ABM contract of 1972 from the system of the
obtained START agreements out course songs to stretch on one side a "
rocket screen " and offend thus against the basic principle of the
existing power survey, which reads:  " the two pages are not protected
from the rocket impacts. "  At the same time the USA revise the
reduction boundary of the strategic nuclear warheads on one side
according to the chairman of the Duma committee and determine them
with 2.500 pieces, while Russia requires to remain with the beforehand
co-ordinated 1,500 pieces.  This methodology will on the other hand
inevitably substantially shift the existing equilibrium between Russia
on the one hand and the USA and NATO.

The delegate stressed that to the remaining 2,500 nuclear warheads of
the USA also the nuclear warheads of France and Great Britain at the
tactical rockets are to be added, which can achieve the territory of
Russia.