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To: russet who wrote (39836)	8/31/1999 2:16:00 PM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116815

OT - Nuclear option: Aid for Russia? << Russia apparently cannot afford to launch several new satellites for monitoring U.S. nuclear missile strikes, so the Congressional Budget Office has explored a truly strange gesture of post-Cold War goodwill: Have the United States pay to put six of the satellites in orbit -- "enough to give Russia 24-hour coverage of U.S. missile fields," according to a CBO letter obtained by The Sun. The Aug. 24 letter to Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, weighs the pros and cons of such an action, which would seem to be an odd twist on generations of East-West mistrust. But one expert said there is good reason to take the option seriously. "Their early warning network is in pretty bad shape," said John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists. "My view is, we've got to do something here because it's an accident waiting to happen." >> ... cont'd at ... sunspot.net Hi Russett, If you thinks that's bad, Commander-in-Chief Slick is going to pay the Russians to launch satellites to watch US missile fields! ... Why not go all the way and throw in satellite launches for China and North Korea? Boggles my mind, and I am not even an American. John