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On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 09:51 AM, Chris Doss wrote:
>
> Russia intends to keep all components of its nuclear triad - Baluyevsky
>
> MOSCOW. June 19 (Interfax) - Russia's General Staff said the nation
> will
> maintain all components of its nuclear triad (ground, naval and air)
> after
> 2012,
> the deadline for fulfilling the Russian-U.S. Treaty on Strategic
> Offensive
> Reductions.
>
> "Russia will definitely keep its nuclear triad by the date set for the
> fulfillment of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, and in the
> following
> years," Colonel Yury Baluyevsky, first deputy chief of the Russian
> General
> Staff,
> told Interfax.
>
> "The strategic component of Russia's defense potential has been set
> for the
> period until 2016-2020," he said. "Corresponding documents outline the
> development of the three components: ground, naval, and air. Of course,
> this does not
> mean that the decision cannot be changed. Everything will depend on the
> situation in the world. However, in any case, we are not inclined to
> change
> the
> current balance of these three components of our strategic nuclear
> forces,"
> he
> said.
>
> Baluyevsky said he does not doubt that Russia will fulfil the treaty
> by the
> expected date. "We will definitely fulfil this document," he said.
>
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