SHAKING SALT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000200980128-1
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 128
• Publication Date: February 9, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE a kf'%.= NEWSWEEK
ON, FAG.,
9 Februa
ry 1981
SCOPE
Shaking SALT
The Soviets are frustrating U.S. surveil.
lance- efforts by coding. the data that their,
newt/;submarine-launched ,Typhoon missile
sends. back to earth during test shots. The
coding-or "encryptio_ n-could prevent the
United States from determining whether the new missile carries
more than the fourteen warheads-and decoys permitted by the
SAkT II agreement. American experts say there has been no
treaty violation yet because early Typhoon tests have misfired
'soon after launch. If the same pattern of encryption is: used
in longer flights, however, it would violate SALT II, which
-bans coding that might prevent :verification. Since the treaty
has not been ratified by the U.S. Senate, SALT II is just a ;
gentleman's agreement;, if the Soviets violate it, the Reagan Ad- I
ministration may, too
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