Much of the building that is now the focus of concern was assembled from prefabricated modules made at a Soviet site.
In a similar way, Government experts are at odds over the significance of a sprawling Soviet site that spy satellites have scrutinized for years.
He noted that the Soviet site is much larger than American ground-based facilities for watching distant satellites.
One of the important differences concerns the scope of American monitors' inspections at Soviet sites.
Another difference pertains to the degree of access that American inspectors should have at Soviet sites.
Experts believe it will be years before new Soviet sites for destroying chemical weapons are built and operating.
Experts who examined the photographs said the Soviet site was clearly for military lasers.
Much of the building was assembled from prefabricated modules made at a Soviet site not open to American inspection.
In 1979, an explosion at another Soviet site released a large quantity of weapons-grade anthrax; 68 people died.
I shall begin the selection process for a Soviet site to be destroyed in retaliation.