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...bureaucrats and politicians in Moscow expecting a piece of the profits. Still others are hatched locally and executed clandestinely by factory supervisors. In the scramble for hard currency, the line between government-approved transactions and private enterprise becomes difficult to discern, raising questions about the fate of Russia's arsenal of nuclear and conventional weaponry. The U.S. has found it hard enough to convert obsolete sectors of its own defense establishment to the production of consumer goods. In Russia, where military factories are rarely reliable sources of goods that can be sold for hard currency, the task is far more...
...Washington will stand up at a lectern and announce such a policy change. But its outlines have begun to emerge in recent weeks, at least regarding these two nations. Pakistan will be asked to prove that it no longer builds nukes -- and to limit its arsenal to the 10 or 15 weapons the U.S. believes it now has. In exchange, Washington will deliver the 38 American-made F-16 jets Islamabad has paid for but hasn't received because of its suspected A-bomb efforts. In North Korea's case, the Administration is willing to live with...
Some Alaskans are taking even more extreme measures to defend their homes. "My family has a large arsenal," says Michael C. Merriner '96, adding, "I'll use my semi-automatic.22 to injure more soldiers." Merriner's greatest fear is "they'll regulate the hunting and fishing. The U.S. regulates it enough. If Russia takes over we wouldn't be able to hunt or fish...
Given the uncertainties, the CIA's new, classified Special National Intelligence Estimate does not actually say the North Koreans have a couple of bombs. Rather the report concludes there is a "somewhat better than even" chance that they have one or two. Even so, the Koreans' arsenal is not growing now. In order to obtain more plutonium for bombs, the North Koreans would have to turn off and cool down the reactor so its fuel rods could be removed. Infrared sensors aboard satellites would detect any such action. So far, close scrutiny has not revealed any recent shutdown...
Just one day after President Clinton telephoned him to express concern over the continued reluctance of Ukraine to turn over its nuclear weapons to Russia, Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk repeated his country's hard-line position regarding the 1,600-warhead arsenal it inherited from the former Soviet Union. Kravchuk said Ukraine would "demand material compensation" in exchange for giving them up. He wants $3 billion...