Source: Arms Control Association ‘US. Explores Russian Min By BARBARA OPALL - Defense News Staff Writer je? fy... WASHINGTON — The Russian “government is perfecting mind- control technology developed in -» the 1970s that could be used to hone fighting capabilities of friendly forces while demoraliz- ‘ing and disabling opposing troops. , Known as acoustic psycho-cor- _rection, the capability to control _ minds and alter behavior of civil- . jans and soldiers may soon be . shared with U.S. military, medical “ and political officials, according * to U.S. and Russian sources. The sources say the Russian ra, Sm mx government, in the spirit of im- my ‘yr. _. el we a _ — ee ae % ae GC SMIN ISNILIG S661 ‘LI-TT Avenues DEFENSE NEWS/ Jerold Council proved U.S.-Russian relations, is beginning to lift the veil of secre- cy surrounding the technology. The Russian capability, demon- strated in a series of laboratory experiments dating back to the mid-1970s, could be used to sup- press riots, control dissidents, de- moralize or disable opposing forces and enhance the perfor- mance of friendly special opera- tions teains, sources say. Pioneered by the government- funded Department of Psycho- Correction at the Moscow Medi- cal Academy, acoustic psycho- correction involves the transmission of specific com- mands via static or white noise Approved For Release 2003/ ~ mesiant “Two-thirds reduction is great.“We're all for that,” Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said during a Jan. 7 confirmation hearing for Defense Secretary-desig- nate Les Aspin. ‘But that doesn’t reduce the num- ber of warheads that are out there by two-thirds. Quite the opposite. The numbers stay the same, and the two-thirds which are now off alert are put ina position where they're less secure.” : Roughly half of the U.S. nuclear warheads per- mitted under START II would be deployed at sea while 100 long-range bombers could be converted to conventional roles, according to treaty docu- ments and private estimates. Both sides made last-minute compromises that _ cleared the way for completing the treaty that was signed in Moscow on Jan. 3. U.S. negotiators acced- ed to Moscow’s request to retain 90 $S-18 missile silos. The 10-warhead missiles must be destroyed under START II, analysts said, and cement will be poured into the silos to prevent reloading. Russian negotiators also gained an extension of a ey 09/10: C{A-RDP96-00792R000500680012-6 emnateeecrepoonenicSueeensemnantecenvtianns mananctilen tls 04.1 SMA MEIEN SOMA PEs Ota eee Oe ait Tit AA SECO EAD Aceratatehttes ventional roles while 94 B-52Hs are expected to carry nuclear air-launched cruise missiles or radar- evading Advanced Cruise Missiles with nuclear war- heads. A 20-plane fleet of B-2 bombers is expected to be deployed with nuclear bombs. START II's verification provisions will allow, for the first time, inspectors to confirm weapon loads carried by the other side’s strategic bombers. The provision allows Russian inspectors their closest look at the B-2 bomber, but the United States will _be able to conceal most of the plane with shrouds. U.S. inspectors also will be able to observe SS-18 silo conversion and missile destruction procedures. Dunbar Lockwood, an analyst with the Washing- ton-based Arms Control Association, estimated the number of weapons carried by U.S. strategic bomb- ers would decline from 3,700 warheads to 1,272 warheads, or 36 percent of the total permitted un- derSTARTE. | . ; The United States also would be able to reconvert See START Il, Page 22 d-Control Technology bands into the human subcon- scious without upsetting other in- tellectual functions. Experts said laboratory demonstrations have shown encouraging results after exposure of less than one minute. Moreover, decades of research and investment of untold millions of rubles in the process of psy- cho-correction has produced the ability to alter behavior on willing and unwilling subjects, the ex- perts add. In an effort to restrict potential misuse of this capability, Russian senior research scientists, diplo- mats, military officers and offi- cials of the Russian Ministry of Higher Education, Science & ‘% Technology Policy are beginning to provide limited demonstra- tions for their U.S. counterparts. Further evaluations of key technologies in the United States are being planned, as are discus- sions aimed at creating a frame- work for bringing the issue under bilateral or multilateral controls, Correction A page three article in the Dec. 14-20 issue about agreement on the European Fighter Aircraft de- velopment incorrectly stated that the new EFA design called for Approved For Release 2003/09/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000500680012-6 ge eee & ne i ee | U.S. and Russian sources said. “4 An undated paper by the Psy- -%: chor Center, a Moscow-based :-% group affiliated with the Depart- >: ment of Psycho-Correction at the ©. Moscow Medical Academy, ac- ~ % knowledges the potential danger .= of this capability. The Russian ex- °° See CONTROL, Page 29 ,.: “| dramatically scaled down combat .- | and radar systems. A family of .». EFA variants will be developed {4° allowing each country to choose ‘ , the level of sophistication it can 3 afford. . ‘