RUSSIAN ANALYSTS NOW CALM ABOUT U.S. NMD STATEMENTS. An
unsigned article in "Nezavisimoe Voennoe Obozrenie," No. 9, said Russian
military and security analysts have concluded that Moscow should react
calmly to American statements about NMD because the U.S. is not going to
be in a position to build it in the near future. But an article in
"Kontinent," No. 11, warned that over the next five years, the Russian
side is scheduled to decommission up to 80 percent of its older missile
systems, even though it has not made much progress in building a new
missile system. PG
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