> Ukraine did not have the codes to operate the weapons it gave up - so this was essentially costless. This analysis seems a little thin. The codes to operate

> Ukraine did not have the codes to operate the weapons it gave up - so this was essentially costless. This analysis seems a little thin. The codes to operate those weapons only really control the detonation sequence. At the end of the day, making new detonators from existing bombs is much less hard than collecting the fissile materials needed and assembling bombs from scratch.