MOSCOW MAY PUT MISSILES IN CUBA, SELL ADVANCED WEAPONS TO
CHINA IF NO ACCORD ON NMD. Yevgenii Maslin, a retired general
who supervised the Defense Ministry's nuclear program in the
1990s, said in Moscow on 22 February that if there is no
agreement between Moscow and Washington on National Missile
Defense, the Russian government may send missiles to Cuba, AP
reported. Indeed, he said, that possibility is already under
discussion in Moscow. Meanwhile, "Vremya MN" said the same
day that the introduction of NMD by the U.S. could lead the
Russian government to sell additional and more advanced
weapons systems, including those "far beyond conventional
weapons." PG
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