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> 3 other countries have given up their Soviet nuclear weapons: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine That's not entirely true. AFAIK, nuclear weapons in these countrie
by golergka 3y ago
> 3 other countries have given up their Soviet nuclear weapons: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
That's not entirely true. AFAIK, nuclear weapons in these countries were tied to control structures in Moscow and required other resources like maintenance and new materials which were placed in other parts of Soviet Union. So when these countries became independent, they couldn't realistically maintain or even use the weapons without a very significant investment.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago> they couldn't realistically maintain or even use the weapons without a very significant investment All those who cry about nuclear weapons in the one former Soviet state clearly doesn't know what happened to the parts of the Black Sea fleet what was transferred to the one former Soviet state.