- In a move that promises to shift the US window of vulnerability
to a Russian nuclear strike two years earlier, the Bush administration,
led by Sec. of Defense Donald Rumsfield, is offering to do what Bill Clinton
could never get away with--dismantle our premiere nuclear missile system,
the MX "Peacekeeper," next year, instead of by the end of 2003.
The MX is a crucial factor in the balance of nuclear deterrence for several
reasons and should not be dismantled. First, it is our only missile armed
with 10 MIRVed warheads, each capable of hitting and destroying hardened
Russian and Chinese targets. Second, it is our most modern and accurate
missile. Third, even though only 50 MX missiles exists, with 10 warheads
on each missile that s a loss of 1500 potential targets--a huge loss in
deterrence capability. Fourth, with PDD-60 (orders to our missileers NOT
to launch on warning and absorb an enemy "first strike") still
governing our military s nuclear response, the loss of all 50 MX missiles
frees up at least 250 Russian warheads to target other US facilities.
This is because the Russians would have to blanket a hardened MX silo with
at least 5 ground burst weapons in order to ensure a kill.
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- This unilateral move comes at a time when Russian strongman
Vladimir Putin is not only NOT disarming but is building and deploying
3 of the new SS-27 (Topol-M) ICBMs per quarter. (There could be more being
produced in underground factories.) Putin is openly threatening to place
3 warheads on this new 6th generation ICBM (rumored to possess ABM jamming
capabilities and maneuvering warheads), even though the START II treaty
only allows Russia one warhead per missile. In fact, Putin s threat is
disinformation for the media. Both he and US intelligence know that Russia
has already begun mounting multiple warheads on the Topols as of last
year. An SS-27 missile test with multiple warhead separation has even
been recorded by space based sensors.
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- What is also little known is that President Clinton already
offered Russia the 3-warhead option as part of his deal to gain Russia
s permission to build an ABM system--as if we needed Russia s permission
to defend ourselves. What was particularly egregious was Clinton s reasoning.
He said his offer was to assure Russia that they would have sufficient
nuclear power to overwhelm the puny 100 missile interceptor system being
planned at the time. Here is an American president supposedly building
an Anti-Ballistic Missile system to protect the American people and then
offering to make an agreement with our largest potential nuclear enemy
to render the system ineffective! Thus, it was entirely predictable that
Putin s defense minister would openly deride the US ABM system by saying
exactly that--that by mounting 3 warheads on Russia s planned 500 SS-27s,
Russia could overwhelm the US defense system. As if that weren t enough,
Russian defense ministry spokesmen announced, after a test launch of an
SS-19 ICBM this week, that Russia may not dismantle the SS-19s after all,
in spite of prior promises to do so. This is not surprising since Russia
is and has been in violation of virtually every single disarmament agreement
signed. Strangely, the US not only never protests these violations, but
insists on abiding by the agreements itself unilaterally.
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- As I have said before in prior Briefs, our leaders aren
t simply stupid, naive, or even suicidal. These tactics of covering for
Russian violations and war preparations indicate that US globalist leaders
have some sort of ulterior motives not in accord with US sovereign interests.
These motives are instead tied to global intentions of undermining US
sovereignty and military might. What better way to do that than create
the conditions of US vulnerability whereby Russia is induced to finally
destroy the one obstacle in Communism s long dream of world hegemony--the
US military?
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- Ironically, as Russia and China build for a two-ocean
war of supremacy against the US, Sec. of Defense Rumsfield recently announced
to Congress that as a matter of US military policy and strategy, the US
will no longer prepare to wage two major wars simultaneously. This is
a tacit admission that the Bush campaign pledge to rebuild the American
military does not involve a strategy for preparing against the greatest
real threats--Russia and China. Rumsfield s stated intention of allocating
almost the entire $8 billion in defense budget increases towards pay and
amenities for service men is indicative that the Bush administration s
spending will not be sufficient or timely enough to protect us during
this hastening window of vulnerability. All ammunition and strategic missile
stocks have yet to be replenished from the Serbia campaign. Worse, none
of the major US defense systems nor advanced weapon systems are expected
to reach deployment till the 2006-2010 time frame. Therefore, the US will
be open for maximum exposure to attack from 2002 to 2006. I m issuing
a major warning to my subscribers to not delay any preparations for implementing
a high security shelter within your home or retreat. If the Bush administration
implements Rumsfield s drastic proposal for the early elimination of the
MX, our nation s window of vulnerability will move forward two years and
you must not delay making substantive preparations for future war. [See
my website listed above for details on how to proceed.]
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- WORLD AFFAIRS BRIEF June 29, 2001 Copyright Joel Skousen
Quotations permitted with attribution Cite source as Joel Skousen's World
Affairs Brief Website: http://www.joelskousen.com
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