YELTSIN'S RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR YELTSIN'S RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR February 15, 1999

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YELTSIN'S RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR
by Jeffrey R. Nyquist
February 15, 1999

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Russia is preparing for nuclear war against America. Though Russia has
been in economic turmoil, Moscow has been spending billions on vast
underground nuclear war bunkers, new biological and chemical weapons,
as well as road and rail-mobile ICBMs.

Yeltsin's military continues to deploy 10,000 to 12,000 ABMs (Anti-
Ballistic Missiles) and 18 battle management radars, even though such
deployment violates the 1972 ABM Treaty.

At the same time, the Russian Navy continues to improve its surface
and submarine forces, deploying the largest ballistic missile cruiser
of its kind -- the "Peter the Great".

Why is a supposedly bankrupt country spending its precious capital on
war preparations?

A recent defector from the main intelligence directorate of the
Russian General Staff, Colonel Stanislav Lunev, says that "Russia
remains terrified of the power of America."

Lunev points to recent Russian military exercises as evidence of this
paranoia. Earlier this year, the Russian Air Force practiced nuclear
bombing runs over the Polar icecap. These bombers would take such a
route if they attacked the United States in a nuclear war.

What is the thinking behind these exercises? According to Colonel
Lunev, Russia's military is doing everything it can "to prepare for a
war that it considers inevitable."

Despite Moscow's military preparations, America continues to bankroll
the Russian economy. In April of 1996 the U.S. refused to cancel a
$1.5 billion aid package to Russia despite Moscow's ongoing -- and
expensive -- construction of a gigantic underground base in the Urals.
Yamantau Mountain, the site of the base, is so deeply buried that it
cannot be destroyed by nuclear attack.

According to the New York Times, the Yamantau facility is the size of
metropolitan Washington.

Officially, the Russian government refuses to disclose the facility's
purpose and American officials, including arms control inspectors, are
not permitted to go there. The Russian press has alternately described
Yamantau Mountain as a nuclear waste storage facility, a repository
for Russian national treasures, and as an underground warehouse for
food. Western specialists speculate that Yamantau Mountain is a secret
weapons production plant.

Whatever it is, the Kremlin freely spends billions on it. But this is
not all they're spending billions on.

In a move that defies Russia's bankrupt image, the Kremlin is
upgrading Moscow's civil defense network of underground towns, tunnels
and bunkers. This network includes a nuclear-proof city built beneath
Moscow's Ramenki district, capable of housing 30,000 people.

According to Richard F. Staar, former U.S. Ambassador to the Mutual
and Balanced Force Reduction Negotiations in Vienna, the "former"
Soviet Union has stored at least 362 million metric tons of grain in
nuclear blast and fallout shelters. University of North Carolina
economist Steven Rosefielde estimated that these supplies could feed
the entire population of Russia and its CIS partners for three years.

Despite treaty obligations prohibiting the production of biological
and chemical weapons, Russia is also spending vast sums to engineer a
super-plague which is resistant to antibiotics. Moscow has also been
caught manufacturing deceptive new binary chemical munitions, which
can be disguised as industrial chemicals. These binary munitions are
said to be as powerful as VX gas, which is 100 to 1,000 times more
lethal than sarin gas. On 16 February of last year, the Washington
Times reported that Russia was violating its chemical arms treaty with
the U.S. by manufacturing a new binary nerve agent called A-232. At
the same time Russia is developing a nerve gas said to be five times
more lethal than VX.

In the nuclear missile area, Russia continues to develop and deploy
new types of road and rail-mobile ICBMs. Of special interest is the
SS-27 Topol-M, or "Sickle" missile. Developed and first tested in
1995, this 45-ton behemoth has an off-road movement capability and a
throw-weight sufficient to support multiple warheads. Even more
impressive is the rail-mobile "Scalpel" missile. It has a throw-weight
and accuracy comparable to the American MX missile, and could be
deployed in underground rail tunnels or bunkers, like those found at
Yamantau Mountain.

In response to these Russian moves, the United States has spent no
money on missile defenses. But according to William T. Lee, a former
American intelligence official, Russia has deployed 10,000 to 12,000
Anti-Ballistic Missiles (ABMs), disguising them as Surface to Air
Missiles (SAMs). To assist these missiles in the tough job of
intercepting incoming American warheads, the Russians have deployed 18
battle management radars. In October of last year the Washington Times
reported that several American supercomputers were illegally shipped
to Russia. These machines could be a vital part of any ABM battle
management system.

Also, the Russians continue building submarines at a surprising rate.
In November of 1992, less than six years ago, Boris Yeltsin promised
to halt Russia's production of nuclear submarines. Yet Russia
continues to build submarines that are faster and quieter. Though the
Russian submarine fleet will be smaller than it was ten years ago, it
will be more effective because of qualitative improvements. Even so,
it will still be the largest nuclear submarine force in the world,
with 80 ships.

Looking at the big picture, Russian preparations for war appear to be
deliberate and systematic. Moscow spares no expense in its quest for
superiority over America. Evidently, war is an important consideration
in the thinking of Russian policy-makers. In fact, the Kremlin is so
primed for war that in January of 1995 Russia's nuclear forces were
put on alert in response to the launching of a Norwegian weather
rocket.

According to Peter Vincent Pry, a former CIA official, Russia's
military leaders believed the Norwegian launch was the beginning of a
nuclear attack on Russia. Bombers and missiles were put on notice, and
Yeltsin was said to be within minutes of ordering a crushing attack on
the West.

The facts demonstrate that Russia is preparing for nuclear war. The
Kremlin bosses are obviously willing to sacrifice Russia's whole
consumer economy to meet the challenge of preparedness.

On the American side there is only disarmament. We are slipping
behind, day by day. In this context, one Russian dissident has stated:
"The West believes...there will be a quiet life, but there won't
be...."

To learn more read:
Russia and China Prepare for War February 9, 1999
Defector Reveals War Plans. February 8, 1999
The Y2K – Russia Information Package.