PHARAOH'S MISSILES

When Gorbachev became General Secretary of the USSR he introduced extraordinary reform policies of glasnost and perestroika. Some in the bureaucracy and military were bitterly opposed to this reform and openness.
A determination was made to prepare a preemptive missile system in secret known to only a very few. The political rulers were not to have any knowledge of the hidden underground missiles. The SALT treaties were allowed to progress. Openness was continuing as were the construction o...