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Russian Defense Chief Outlines Military Implications
of NATO Eastward Expansion
Reprinted from Non-Nuclear NATO Network
NATO NUCLEAR FLASH 99-13
March 4, 1999 - The imminent enlargement of NATO will increase
ground forces in Europe by 12 divisions, personnel by 15%,
tanks by 22%, warplanes by 15%, and naval forces by 10%-15%,
First Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff, Colonel General
Valeri Manilov, told a parliamentary hearing on threats to
Russia.
Tactical aviation will acquire strategic importance, Manilov
said, because NATO tactical aircraft taking off from Poland
will be able to reach St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Kursk, Smolensk
and Voronezh. Manilov also said that Moscow had failed to
include a provision in the Russia-NATO Founding Act committing
NATO not to deploy nuclear weapons in new NATO countries.
* The full news report is available at The Non-Nuclear NATO
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