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Disarmament Diplomacy
Issue No. 17, July - August 1997
German Study Warns on Russian Nuclear State of Alert
On 11 August, a report from the Peace and Conflict Research
Foundation in Frankfurt warned that Russian nuclear weapons kept in
a permanent state of high alert could be launched accidentally. The
report referred to alleged difficulties with Russia's early-warning
computer systems. According to the study:
"Nuclear weapons in emergency-mode can be launched very quickly.
This leads to the danger of unintentional launches through
technical errors or false alarms..."
Report: Russia nuclear weapon risk seen great -
report, Reuters World Service, 11 August.
© 1998 The Acronym Institute.
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