Pentagon Spokesman's Briefing

DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REGULAR BRIEFING
BRIEFER: REAR ADMIRAL CRAIG QUIGLEY, USN, SPOKESMAN
PENTAGON BRIEFING ROOM
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

1:30 P.M. EDT - THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2001

Q: Is there any concern here about the reliability of the Russian
early warning system either actually or potentially, given the fire in
the Space Command there and the loss of control of their military
satellites?

Quigley: Well, I'm aware of the fire. I saw it in a wide variety of
news organizations today. I was watching some of the television and
radio reports of it earlier in the day. But I don't know the actual
effect on the control of some of their satellites in space. I think
that one's best put to the Russians.