-Caveat Lector- >From: Frank Reichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [libnw] Yeltsin Puts Nuclear Missiles on 'Red Alert' >Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:35:26 +0800 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [209.207.164.229] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBA2716470005D820F39AD1CFA4E538E40; Sun Dec 19 22:23:03 1999 >Received: (qmail 21871 invoked by alias); 20 Dec 1999 06:20:41 -0000 >Received: (qmail 21817 invoked from network); 20 Dec 1999 06:20:37 -0000 >Received: from unknown (209.207.164.241) by pop1.onelist.com with QMQP; 20 >Dec 1999 06:20:37 -0000 >Received: from unknown (HELO hvisions.com) (208.151.169.131) by >mta2.onelist.com with SMTP; 20 Dec 1999 06:25:52 -0000 >Received: from hvisions.com (36.169.151.208.in-addr.arpa [208.151.169.36] >(may be forged)) by hvisions.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA15590; Mon, >20 Dec 1999 14:23:16 +0800 (PHT) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) >From sentto-330505-825-alandewalton Sun Dec 19 22:24:10 1999 >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Organization: Liberty Northwest Conference & Newsgroup >http://members.spree.com/lib_nw/confer.htm >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) >X-Accept-Language: en,en-GB >Newsgroups: fidonews.grassroots >Mailing-List: list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: bang > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:24:02 -0700 > From: Larry Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Yeltsin Puts Nuclear Missiles on 'Red Alert' > > >Foreign Affairs News Keywords: YELTSIN NUKES CHECHNYA >Source: NewsMax >Published: December 14, 1999 Author: unsigned >Posted on 12/14/1999 14:42:08 PST by dirtboy > > > >Still furious over United States criticism of Russia's war in >Chechnya, >President Boris Yeltsin has placed his most deadly intercontinental >nuclear >missiles on "combat alert." The Moscow bureau of the London Express is >reporting that, on his orders, 10 of Russia's newest, most >sophisticated > >weapons � capable of striking the United States � have been deployed >in >full readiness. > >This unprecedented dramatic warning has Western observers nervous >about >the >possibility of an inadvertent launch at a time when it is known that >Russia's missiles are not fully reprogrammed to avert all >millennium-year >computer failures. > >Russia just recently sent computer and missile experts to Washington >to >work with American specialists in averting Y2K glitches. > >The alerted missiles � Topol-Ms, with a striking range of 6,200 miles >� >are >based in the Saratov region, 400 miles southeast of Moscow. > >According to the Express: > >Although the West was advised in advance, as required by nuclear >treaty >commitments, the rarity of this move can be regarded only as a >deliberate >and serious show of force to underscore Yeltsin's outrage. > >It coincided with his return to Russia after a trip to China, where he >warned Clinton and other Western leaders to stay out of Russia's >business >in Chechnya. > >He brandished Russia's still great missile threat by thundering: > >"Russia is a great power that possesses a full nuclear arsenal. It is >we > >who will dictate." > >Recently, Gen. Vladimir Yakovlev, the Russian missiles-forces >commander, > >bragged: > >"Of the five nuclear powers, none of the others will match these >weapons >in >the next few years. > >"Topol-M is able to breach any anti-missile system that exists in the >world >and any which will be built in the near future." > >Also troubled by the missile alert are Russian politicians and >analysts >who >regard Yeltsin as too ill to have his finger on the trigger of the >world's >second largest nuclear power. > >Britain's leading independent nuclear expert, John Large, said > >"There was an unwritten agreement for both Russia and the U.S. not to >deploy nuclear weapons before the Y2K period. > >"Even if the weapons themselves are OK � which I very much doubt since >their testing system has been effectively down and out for three years >� > >they would have to work within the strategic defense system there, >which >is >full of Y2K glitches. > >"There is no real need for it � it is a risk they don't need to take. > >"I am not suggesting that these nuclear bombs will go off on their >own, >but >we do expect to see the defense systems playing up a bit." >thanks, > >larry >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-- >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > LIBERTY NORTHWEST CONFERENCE & NEWSGROUP >"The only libertarian-oriented political discussion conference on >the Fidonet Z1 Backbone..." 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