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31. Vadim Smirnov, “Kalinigradskii Platsdarm,” September
8, 2008.
32. RIA-Novosti, September 4, 2008.
33. Olga Tomashevskaya and Viktor Volodin, “Do Czhekhii I
POlshi Letet Nedaleko,” Vremya Novostei, August 7, 2008.
34. See, for example, Alexei Arbatov, “Deep Cuts and de-
Alerting: A Russian Perspective,” p. 321.
35. Vystuplenie Glavy Rossiiskoi Delegatsii A.I.Antonova na
3 Sessii Podgotovitelnogo Komiteta Konferentsii po Rassmotreniyu
Deistviya DNYaO (A Statement of the Head of the Russian
Delegation A.I. Antonov to the 3rd Session of the Preparatory
Committee of the NPT Review Conference), April 28, 2004, Document
927-28-04-2004, available from www.mid.ru/Ns-dvbr.nsf/10aa
6ac6e80702fc432569ea003612f0/432569d800226387c3256e840046adc
4?OpenDocument.
36. See Endnote 2.
37. “Prakticheskie Shagi Rossiiskoi Federatsii Oblasti Yadernogo
Razoruzheniya” (“Practical Actions of the Russian Federation
in the Area of Nuclear Disarmament”), Report presented at
the 7th NPT Review Conference, slide 13, available from www.
mid.ru/ns-dvbr.nsf/10aa6ac6e80702fc432569ea003612f0/526da088ef75
26e3c325700d002f81c7/$FILE/Presentation-Russian.pdf.
38. “Rossiya Perevypolnila Plany po Sokrashcheniyu Yadernogo
Oruzhiya” (“Russia Has Overfulfilled the Plan for Reduction
of Nuclear Weapons”), RIA-Novosti, June 22, 2005, available
from www.rian.ru/politics/20050622/40566772.html.
39. To be sure, some analysts have pointed to statements from
a few Russian officials that appear to argue that the weapons assigned
to Ground Forces have not been eliminated. One prominent
example is Colonel-General Vladimir Zaritski, commander
of the Rocket and Artillery Forces, which are part of the Ground
Forces (sometimes referred to as General Purpose Forces). In
2003, Zaritski declared that “the main delivery assets for the use
of tactical nuclear weapons are in the hands of Rocket and Artillery
Forces.” (Oleg Falichev, “Bog Voyny v Zapas ne Ukhodit”
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