DAILY SNAP SEPTEMBER 12 1991

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Soviet News Abstracts Publication
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
Title: STUDIES OF SEMICONDUCTOR AND
STRUCTURAL MATERIALS ON "MIR"
Primary Source: Sovetskaya Moldova, August
21, 1991, No. 163 (17417), p. 1, cols. 4-5
Entire Text: Flight Control Center, August
20 (TASS) -- Anatoliy Artsebarskiy and Ser-
gey Krikalev have been working on board the
"Mir" complex for three months.
In line with the space materials-
science program, the crew began the latest
melt in the unit "Krater-V" on August 17.
The purpose of this production process,
which is calculated to last 120 hours, is
to obtain one more highly pure single crys-
tal of the semiconductor material cadmium
sulfide in zero gravity.
Experiments employing scientific in-
struments and equipment installed on the
outer surface of the orbiting complex are
continuing. Today, spectra of radiation of
extraterrestrial origin are being measured
and studies are being made of characteris-
tics of structural materials which have
been exposed in conditions of open space
for a prolonged period of time.
The work in near-Earth orbit is pro-
ceeding in accordance with the designated
schedule. Both cosmonauts are feeling
well.
(SNAP 910912)
Author: Moskovskiy, 0., correspondent
Title: CHIEF OF STAFF REASSURES PUBLIC AS
TO SUPERVISION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Primary Source: Krasnaya zvezda, August
29, 1991, No. 196 (20583), p. 1, cols. 6-7
Entire Text: Moscow, August 28 -- General
of the Army Vladimir Lobov, chief of the
General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces, has
announced: "The strategic nuclear forces
of the Soviet Union (rocket troops, the
nuclear fleet and strategic aviation) and
tactical nuclear weapons of the Land Forces
were and are under rigid and constant su-
pervision both during the period of the
well-known events in the USSR and after
them." He gave an interview to a TASS cor-
respondent in connection with various spec-
ulation in the West regarding violation by
the junta's participants of supervision of
strategic nuclear weapons of the USSR in
the course of the coup d'etat that failed.
V. Lobov emphasized that prevention of
unsanctioned use of nuclear weapons "is en-
ensured by suitable technical and organiza-
tional measures in the system for control
of strategic nuclear forces and by reliable
safeguarding and defense of nuclear war-
heads and means of delivering them."
(SNAP 910912)
Author: Shitov, Andrey, correspondent
Title: MIG-29 AND IL-76 AIRPLANES ARRIVE
IN U.S. FOR AIR SHOWS
Primary Source: Krasnaya zvezda, August
29, 1991, No. 196 (20583), p. 3, cols. 7-8
Extract: New York, August 28 -- Two Soviet
MIG-29 fighter aircraft and an IL-76 trans-
port airplane have arrived in the United
States to conduct demonstration flights.
Their American tour was to have begun on
August 19, but U.S. authorities canceled it
as a sign of protest against the attempted
coup d'etat that was perpetrated in the
USSR. Now that the legitimate government
has been restored in the Soviet Union, the
American side has lifted this ban.
In accordance with the original pro-
gram, the Soviet airplanes were to take
part in seven air shows, in the cities of
Westfield (Massachusetts), Cleveland
(Ohio), Mankato (Minnesota), Harrisburg
(Pennsylvania), Topeka (Kansas), Fort Worth
(Texas) and Salinas (California). Unfor-
tunately, they were already too late for
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the Massachusetts show, but they are being
eagerly awaited in the other places.
It is proposed to arrange three or
four demonstration flights during each
show. Those who wish will be able to 'take
a ride' in a MIG as passengers in the
course of these flights.
(SNAP 910912)
Author: Bystrov, M.
Title: PROGRESS IN CREATING SPACE SYSTEM
FOR TRANSMITTING MEDICAL INFORMATION
Primary Source: Sovetskaya Rossiya, May
22, 1991, No. 100 (10551), p. 4, col. 1
Extract: The idea of creating an interna-
tional emergency satellite system has been
maturing for a long time. This system
would supply rescuers with medical informa-
tion quickly.
A program called "Outer Space for
Health" has come into being. The scientif-
ic production association "All-Union Medi-
cal Information" (Soyuzmedinform) of the
USSR Ministry of Health is directing work
in line with this program and coordinating
operations of all concerned organizations.
In organizing such a service, it is
important that it be linked to internation-
al systems. This refers in particular to
so-called "satellites of life" which form a
network of the "Helsnet" type. Work on
creating such a network has advanced fur-
ther abroad than in our country. It is
proposed to launch the first satellite of
this series with an "Ariane" rocket in May
of this year.
In the space system in question, it is
most convenient to use satellites placed
into low orbits. From 24 to 30 spacecraft
are required. They would be capable of
supporting communications among medical
centers within the limits of practically
the entire planet. An association called
SMOLSAT has been created for the purpose of
carrying out these plans in the USSR.
Three large firms -- "Soyuzmedinform," "Ap-
plied Mechanics" and "Precision Instrument"
-- have become members of this association.
It is proposed that the system will
serve not only needs inside the Union but
also foreign organizations on a commercial
basis. The World Health Organization, the
International Red Cross, the U.N. Committee
on Natural and Industrial Disasters and
other organizations have already shown in-
terest in the system.
"One feature of this humanitarian pro-
ject is that it is financed by bank credit
and not from the state budget," related A.
Kiselev, general director of the "Soyuzmed-
inform" firm. "I am sure that the system
will become self-supporting through collec-
tion of fees from potential users. The
participation of such large Soviet space
firms as 'Applied Mechanics' and 'Precision
Instrument' in this work will serve as a
guarantee that, from the technical standp-
oint, the system will meet the highest
world standard. The first satellites will
begin to operate by 1993. The system is
supposed to be fully operational by 1994."
(SNAP 910912)
Author: Davidyants, Aleksandr (Moscow)
Title: USES OF ELECTRONIC-WAVE RESEARCH IN
POWER ENGINEERING, DECONTAMINATION
Primary Source: Gudok, August 23, 1991,
No. 161 (19996), p. 4, cols. 5-8
Abstract: The article is an interview with
academician Rimiliy Fedorovich Avramenko,
head of research at the central scientific
production association "Vympel" of the USSR
Ministry of the Radio Industry. Avramenko
comments on studies of the properties of
electronic waves and on prospective fields
for employing results of this research.*
Avramenko relates that a large group
of scientists of the "Vympel" association
and colleagues from other organizations
have been engaged in research of electronic
waves for more than 20 years. It is noted
that information about this work was clas-
sified up until recently. Among the pro-
ject's results are hypotheses regarding the
origin of ordinary lightning, ball light-
ning and tornadoes. It has been demon-
strated that these and other natural phe-
nomena are connected with the accumulation
of a huge mass of highly concentrated elec-
tronic waves over the earth's surface.
This mass discharges periodically, giving
rise to lightning and thunder. The scien-
tists have concluded that electronic waves
not only constitute a large portion of the
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mass of the universe but represent a com-
pletely new and essentially inexhaustible
source of energy. Avramenko and his asso-
ciates also discovered that electronic
waves can form a Bose condensate (paired
electronic waves). This property enabled
the scientists to observe high-temperature
superconductivity in dielectrics for the
first time.
Avramenko showed the author of the
article an instrument which is said to
demonstrate processes that the scientists
are studying. Avramenko flipped a switch
of this instrument, which is housed in a
small plastic box, and barely audible ex-
plosions were soon heard. A thin, shining
jet of plasma burst from a small hole in
the instrument. The scientist then placed
an ordinary steel safety-razor blade over
this hole. Another jet emerged from the
instrument and pierced the blade. Avramen.-
ko explains that his group has succeeded
in recreating plasma-like formations in
laboratory conditions and demonstrating
that these objects possess quite unusual
physical properties, including high specif-
ic energy content, and nonlocalization --
the ability to interact remotely with their
environment. Such interaction makes it
possible to obtain additional energy.
Avramenko claims that development of
electric power stations of a new type which
is ecologically clean has become possible
in practice, thanks to advances in elec-
tronic power engineering. The small in-
strument which he demonstrated is charac-
terized as a power station in miniature.
Avramenko foresees the possibility of using
electronic energy also in transport, in-
cluding space flight. He thinks that un-
identified flying objects may be extrater-
restrial spacecraft powered by electronic-
wave energy which these objects obtain di-
rectly from their environment. The use of
electronic waves for combating radiocontam-
ination is mentioned as still another im-
portant direction of research. Experiments
reportedly have demonstrated that treatment
of radioactive substances with such waves
can accelerate these substances' process of
decay by a million times. This opens up
unique possibilities for eliminating con-
sequences of the Chernobyl disaster, for
example.
Avramenko thinks that the Soviet Union
has the scientific potential to put his
group's ideas into practice. He reports.
that the group is ready to develop decon-
tamination equipment utilizing electronic
waves and plans to conduct field trials of
such equipment in three years. A proposal
submitted recently to the RSFSR Supreme
Soviet calls for more than 4 million,rubles
to be allocated for this purpose.
*See also the Daily SNAP, August 22, 1991,
p. 3, col. 1
(SNAP 910912)
Author: Prisyazhnyy, A. (Helsinki)
Title: BALTIC SEABED TO BE STUDIED FROM
FORMERLY SECRET MINISUBMARINE
Primary Source: Vodnyy transport, August
17, 1991, No. 97 (9809), p. 2, col. 5
Entire Text: On board the vessel "Akademik
Aleksey Krylov," the first Soviet-Finnish
scientific expedition has begun joint
studies of the seabed, flora and fauna of
the Baltic Sea. The scientists intend to
conduct geological studies in the Gulf of
Finland and to study the mechanism of the
spread of heavy metals, organic substances
and other results of human activity in it,
and their effect on the marine environment.
The scientists will take samples of
seabed soil from a small submarine, which
is submerged from the vessel. It is capa-
ble of operating with a crew at a depth of
up to 500 meters, and its hydraulic 'arms'
can collect samples into special 2-meter
capsules.
The Finnish press, which is giving
high praise to the organization of such an
expedition, notes that Finnish scientists
will for the first time be able to descend
to the seabed in a secret Soviet minisub-
marine. Not long ago, the Finnish research
vessel "Armanda" visited the eastern waters
of the Gulf of Finland, also for the first
time in 50 years. This shows that radical
changes have taken place in the area of the
exchange of scientific information with the
Soviet Union.
(SNAP 910912)
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Author: Musafirova, 0., correspondent
(Kiev)
Title: USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC BIOGENERATORS
DURING AUGUST PUTSCH CLAIMED
Primary Source: Komsomolskaya pravda,
August 27, 1991, No. 194-195 (20194-20195),
p. 6, cols. 2-3
Extract: Who could have thought that the
unsuccessful attempt of a coup d'etat would
give impetus to our investigation of modern
methods for control of the human psyche?
Viktor Sedletskiy, vice-president of
the USSR League of Independent Scientists
and head and chief designer of the center
"Forma" of the USSR Association of Machine-
Building Technologists of the international
consortium "Ekoprom," related:
"As a specialist and a legal person, I
contend that production in quantity (which
is fundamentally important) and testing of
psychotropic biogenerators has begun in
Kiev. I cannot assert that it was Kiev
generators which were used during the
putsch. For such a statement to be made,
the generators' specifications would have
to be known. The fact of their employment
is evident to me, however.
"What are psychotropic biogenerators?
They are electronic equipment, which pro-
duces the effect of control in the human
organism. Specifically, the left and right
hemispheres of the cerebral cortex are af-
fected. The so-called project 'Zombie-5'
of the United States is based on this.
"Similar work is also being conducted
in the Soviet Union (specifically, in Kiev,
at the Institute of Materials-Science Prob-
lems, in one of the departments, the labo-
ratory of which is located in a residential
district of the city, there are biogenerat-
ors that were produced at the 'Oktava'
plant). Let me say on the basis of my per-
sonal experience that I am also the author
of a prototype of such a generator. I com-
pleted the work in August of 1990. The ex-
periments were conducted on animals. We
did not conduct experiments on humans.
Now, however, as I have learned, such ex-
periments are under way on highly-paid vol-
unteer testers.
"One month ago, I officially informed
Ye. K. Marchuk, Ukrainian SSR state minis-
ter for problems of defense, national se-
curity and emergency situations, of my
views regarding this matter (psychotropic
biogenerators are real and their use for
evil purposes is possible). I did not,
however, get a reply.
"Why did the system fail during the
days of the coup? Lacking experience, the
putschists did not know that, in order to
achieve the intended response, the 'influ-
enced' soldiers must not be allowed to
merge with the people on the streets."
(SNAP 910912)
Title: SORBENT FOR TREATMENT OF POST-
RADIATION SYNDROMES IN PRODUCTION
Primary Source: Sovetskaya Belorussiya,
May 28, 1991, No. 102 (18183), p. 2, cols.
2-6
Extract: Production of a truly miraculous
material, which came into being through the
cooperation of scientists of the Ukrainian
Academy of Sciences and industrial special-
ists of the Gomel region, has begun at the
Svetlogorsk production association "Khim-
volokno" (man-made fiber). Its prosaic
name -- carbon fabric sorbent brand AUT-m
-- can be understood only by specialists.
But one probably couldn't find anyone who
at some time or other wouldn't want to use
an AUT preparation. The sorbent's charac-
teristics make it possible to use it in the
form of tablets, granules, dressings or
suspensions in the treatment of the most
diverse human diseases and pathologic con-
ditions. Burns and trophic ulcers, viral
hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver, al-
lergic and skin diseases, psychoneurologi-
cal disorders -- this is a far from com-
plete list of ailments which AUT helps to
overcome. But most importantly -- it has
been shown to have high activity in the
treatment of post-radiation syndromes and
in accelerating the elimination of radio-
nuclides from the organism.
(SNAP 910912)
Title: Ya. S. BUGROV (obituary)
Primary Source: Vechernyaya Moskva, July
1, 1991, No. 130 (20514), p. 4, col. 7
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Entire Text: Doctor of Physical-Mathemati-
cal Sciences, Professor Yakov Stepanovich
Bugrov, a laureate of the USSR State Prize,
died on'June 24 of this year, following a
grave illness. He was the former dean of
the applied-physics department of the Mos-
cow Institute of Electronic Engineering
and head of the chair of higher mathemat-
ics.
The death announcement is made with
deep regret by the institute, and sincere
condolences are expressed to the family and
friends of the deceased.
(SNAP 910912)
Title: A. L. MIKAYELYAN (obituary)
Primary Source: Meditsinskaya gazeta,
August 23, 1991, No. 34 (5207), p. 5, cols.
1-2
surgery in Armenia, and this became espe-
cially apparent during the difficult days
of the Armenian earthquake.
His publications on surgery and cardi-
ology are widely known in the world. He
was elected a member of the International
Society of Surgeons and the board of the
All-Union Scientific Society of Surgeons
and Cardiologists, and a member of the USSR
Academy of Medical Sciences' Scientific
Council for Surgery and Scientific Council
for Organ and Tissue Transplantation and
the Development of Prostheses and Artifi-
cial Organs.
(The obituary is submitted by the USSR
Ministry of Health; the presidium of the
USSR Academy of Medical Sciences; and the
academy's All-Union Research Center of Sur-
gery and Institute of Cardiovascular Surge-
ry imeni Bakulev. A photograph of A. L.
Mikayelyan is given.)
(SNAP 910912)
Extract: Professor Aleksandr Lvovich Mi-
kayelyan, an eminent Soviet heart surgeon,
died on August 18 at the age of 62. He was
a corresponding member of the Armenian
Academy of Sciences and director of the Ye-
revan affiliate of the USSR Academy of Med-
ical Sciences' All-Union Research Center of
Surgery (VNTsKh).
From 1974 until the last day of his
life, A. L. Mikayelyan was director of
VNTsKh's Yerevan affiliate. He put much
effort and energy into the development of
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