Heads Up- On Frontline tonight

[Tom Schumacher <tschu@rocketmail.com>]

FYI- This show tonight sounds like a good one.

For those of you who have seen Frontline, you probably agree that their 
work is generally well-researched and presented.  And, regarding
radiation topics, refreshingly *balanced*!

-Tom

Thomas A. Schumacher, CHP
RSO, VA Medical Center
Indianapolis, IN  46202-2803
thomas.schumacher@med.va.gov

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Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 10:59 PM
From: "Frontline" <Frontline@wgbh.org>
Subject: FRONTLINE Bulletin


"Russian Roulette"
February 23rd


Eight years after the Cold War ended, the threat of a nuclear nightmare 
is far from over. That's the thrust of this Tuesday's FRONTLINE 
investigation that looks into the safety and security of Russia's 
nuclear arsenal.

The program examines how the physical, organizational and human
elements 
of Russia's command and control system are crumbling. One example: in 
1995 Russian President Yeltsin came within two minutes of launching a 
nuclear attack because of faulty signals from Russia's deteriorating 
early warning system.

In addition to chronicling problems in Russia's control of its nuclear 
arsenal, FRONTLINE tracks the increasing potential of diversion of 
Russia's nuclear weapons. High-level Russian military officials discuss 
why they believe nuclear suitcase bombs may have gone missing.  And
U.S. 
Customs officials recount how they uncovered in Miami the first
credible 
case of a scenario to smuggle tactical nuclear weapons into the United 
States.

What is the probability that a nuclear bomb might go off somewhere in
America?  Watch FRONTLINE. This Tuesday, February 23rd at 9pm (please
check your local TV listings).



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