HIGH-TECH PIPELINE TO MOSCOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000100150002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 26, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/29 :CIA-RDP90-009658000100150002-6
V~TASHINGTON POST
26 DECEMBER 1982
Jack Anderson
Hi ~-Tech
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Pi cline
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To Moscow
The Soviets have. developed a variety of ways,
legal and dlegal, to get their hands on U.S. techni-
cal know-how. Once obtained, this know-how
saves the Russians the cost and time of research
and development. When adapted to military use,
it can aL9o give them an arms advantage that may
cost ua billions to overcome. .
When a US. firm sold the Soviets ultra-precise
ball-bearing grinders, for example, they used
them to make bearings for their SS19 missile-
g~oidance systems. The improved accuracy
achieved through those guidance systems is a
major reason why the United States is oorraider-
ing a multibillion-dollar MX missile system.
Now a secret Pentagon document has detailed
the full range of high-technology items that. our
intelligence community believes the Soviet
Union has bought, borrowed or stolen from the
United States.
A classified chart lists what are believed tq be
"Notable Suoceesea" in 13 "Key Technok~gv
Areas."This list, shown to my associate, Dale Van
Arta. is treated by the Pentagon as highly semi-
tive. Here are a few of the high-tech secrets that
have reached the Kremlin:
? Electro-optic sensors: Through clandestine
means, the Russians have acquired "information
on U.S. reoonriaissance satellite technology." And
through illegal trade links, they have obtained
"laser range fordinga for tanks" ,
? Radar. Air-defense radars and antenna de=
signs for a missile system have fallen into Soviet
hands. The .document also conjectures that the
Soviets have discovered other U.S. breakthroughs
through "expbitation of captured terrain-follow-
ing and airborne-intercept radar."
? Anti-submarine devices: Somehow the Sovi-
ets have acquired "underwater navigation and di
rection-fording' aooirstic sensors" vital fns ant%
submarine warfare.
? Propulsion:. The Rusaiang have obtained
"missile case filament-winding teclinokigy
through legal and illegal trade, some ground-pro-
pulsion technology (diesels, turbines, rotariesi .
through illegal trade." - ..
? Materials: The Ruesiang have aoquire~
"Western titanium alloys and welding equipment"
designed to make nuclear missiles and vital weap-
onryfrom the hardest possible material
? Energy Storage: The Soviets have acquired,
through legal means, high-tech Western "super:
conducting energy storage systems and associated
cryogenic equipment," r
? Navigation: The Soviet coup here includes:
"legal and illegal trade acquisitions of navigation
receivers; illegal acquisitions of advanced inertial
guidance components, including miniature and
laser gyros; captured equipment, including ter:
rain-following radars, anti-radiation missiles, and
fire-control svsterns; eoquisitions of cniise and
tactical ballistic missile guidance subsystems."
? Directed energy: The soviets have had alarm=
ing success in obtaining teclrnology .that ~eould
make a critical difference in specs warfare. That
technwlogy covers the "directed energy"-Seld, in-
cluding lasers arxi charged-pertide vu~eapona The
Russians have secured "metal foils arxi optical
components through legal and illegal channels, in-
cluding special optical mirrors and mirror tech-
nolagy capable of withstanding high-power laser
radiation and suitable fa future laser weapons."
~? Production: The Soviets have also obtained
"automated and precision manufacturing equip-
meet for electronics, materials, and possible opti-
cal and Laser weapon components; acquisition of
information on production technology related to
weapons, ammunition, aircraft parts, turbine
blades, computers, and electronic components." ~?
? Signal Processing: In this super-secret field,
which involves decoding the signals the United
States gets from it$ own and Russian satellites
and receivers, the Soviets are believed Lo have ac-
quired "Proccesing equipment and know-how"
through "illegal trade" efforts (secretly obtaining
it from a country that bought it frarri the United
States or by eomeho~w diverting the shipments). "
? Micao~electronic~ In this field, the technology
acquired by the Russians through "legal or illegal
trade channels" indude~ "complete industrial pros
ceases and eemiooaiduc~or manufacttrritig equip:
ment.?
? Computers: Here the document arcs "legal
and illegal" acquisitions of complete systems,
hardware and software, including a wide variety
of Western mini-computers for use in military.
systems; [and] ezpbitation of captured avioni~'s
and weapons fire-control syster,os. _
A separate Pentagon docwner-t lints 19 ways the
Soviets .obtain U.S. military and industrial secrets.
Legal methods range from studying Patent applica-
tions to joint vrritures with Western 5rsns to buying
-....entire factories and cePy~B therm P~ by P~
IDegal methods span the spectrum from outright
theft by KGB agents to industrial espionage tp
"end-user diveraiona." The last rrfers to using le-
gally pindiased tjS. techndogy fa mr"6ta-ry Pur-
poses in direct violatioci of the. piurhase agrcement.'
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