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From: al@ames.UUCP (Al Globus)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: results of poll of world news servic
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Date: Thu, 28-Feb-85 20:20:35 EST
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> 
> The 1972 ABM treaty prohibits deployment of anti-ballistic missile
> systems.  The Soviets are building a large phased-array radar system in
> Siberia -- very nice for tracking ICBMS; they say it's for their space
> program.

I find it interesting that just at the very moment that the US is
preparing to negate the ABM treaty (via Star Wars) we suddenly find that
the Soviets have violated the treaty.  How convenient!  Mabe they
really are violating the treaty, but I for one find the coincidence
suspicious.