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On Ukraine giving up their nuclear weapons.
by will4274 5y ago
On Ukraine giving up their nuclear weapons.
- FollowingTheDao 5y ago
- will4274 5y ago?? The expensive part of a nuclear weapon isn't the panel you enter the codes on. It's the nuclear material. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Secur... > Ahahhahahah.... You may want to take a minute to review the rules of this forum and try to comment in a more appropriate manner.
- rectang 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit... > According to the memorandum, Russia, the US and the UK confirmed their recognition of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively abandoning their nuclear arsenal to Russia and that they agreed to the following: > (1) Respect Belarusian, Kazakh and Ukrainian independence and sovereignty in the existing borders.
- FollowingTheDao 5y agoCrimea annexation happened after the U.S. broke the treaty by involving themselves politically in Ukraine as heard in the Nuland tapes.
- dang 5y agoYour account is breaking the site guidelines in multiple ways. We ban accounts that do that, so would you please stop doing that? In particular, that means: first, don't post flamewar comments like this one. You can make your substantive points thoughtfully, without flamebait, so please do so. Second, it means not using HN primarily for political, ideological, or national battle. We ban accounts that do that, regardless of what they're battling for, because it's not what HN is for and destroys what it is for. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.