-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Friday March 2 4:36 PM ET Russian: We Can Beat ABM Defense MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's Deputy Prime Minister said on Friday that his nation can penetrate missile-defense systems such as the one the United States is proposing to build. The Kremlin vehemently opposes the proposed U.S. missile defense, arguing it would violate the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty and threaten to touch off a new arms race. The ABM treaty bans wide missile defenses. Proponents of the U.S. system counter that it would be aimed at blocking attacks by small nations, and would not be effective against Russia's vast nuclear arsenal. Russia has argued that the system, once deployed, could be expanded. Nonetheless, Russia has the technical know-how ``to overcome any ABM system,'' Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov said. ``It is theoretically possible to get through any ABM system, and the United States knows this,'' the Interfax news agency quoted him saying. Also on Friday, a former chief of Russia's Federal Security Service, Nikolai Kovalyov, warned that if the United States builds such a system, it would intensify anti-American sentiments in Europe. Such sentiments would lead to new coalitions, with Russia emerging as a leader of a ``multi-polar world,'' he contended. ``From the political point of view, this (missile defense) would be profitable to Russia,'' Kovalyov told a news conference. Kovalyov, who is now a lawmaker in Russian parliament, also said the missile shield would be no protection from Russia's nuclear arsenal. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
