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Perhaps Ukraine kept a few nukes hidden that the Russian bookkeepers lost track of. Time to launch may be nearing. And then there's https://nationalinterest.o
by giardini 4y ago
Perhaps Ukraine kept a few nukes hidden that the Russian bookkeepers lost track of. Time to launch may be nearing.
And then there's
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russias-atomic-nightmare-100-missing-suitcase-nuclear-weapons-179577 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russias-atomic-nightm...
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 4y agoThe international community was involved in the disarmament process. I doubt very much that the Pentagon lost count.
- giardini 4y agoSince when has the Pentagon access to Russia's nuclear program accounting information? Furthermore there are claims that ~100 Soviet-era "suitcase nukes" had been handed off (and cannot now be accounted for) to now-defunct USSR republics, some now became failed states, and have been drifting "in the wind" for decades. "Lebed Says Russia Has Lost Track of 100 Nuclear Bombs" https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-09-mn-30448-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-09-mn-30448...