RUSSIA SEEN HAVING EDGE IN 'STAR WARS' COMPETITION. Writing in
"Itogi," No. 16, journalist Oleg Odnokolenko said Moscow should
trade its agreement to changes in the ABM treaty for the right
to fit its Topol missiles with MIRVs (Multiple Independently
Targetable Re-Entry Vehicles). He believes such a move would
allow Russia to take advantage of certain technical advantages
it has over the United States in a future "Star Wars"-type
competition. At the very least, Odnokolenko said, Moscow must
drop its insistence that the ABM treaty is "a cornerstone of
strategic ability: "It isn't and won't be," he insisted. PG
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