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2012-01-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

How threat of loose Soviet nukes was avoided

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Posted by gorb 2012-01-09 01:22|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 See Rantburg's Sunday Morning Coffee Pot review of The Dead Hand for more on this.

Posted by lotp 2012-01-09 09:11|| 2012-01-09 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Pifer said that some Ukrainian officials longed to keep them, but around 1992 concluded their country had neither the money nor the expertise to remain a nuclear power.

Right, that's for rich countries, like Pakistan. And North Korea, of course.

Posted by Bobby 2012-01-09 12:56|| 2012-01-09 12:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Unfortunately, not unlike GWCC = MMAGW, the international/universal Govts, Perts consensus on alleged missing Cold-War Soviet nukes [Nukes-WMDS] is that there is no consensus.

As things stand in January 2012, we are not going to know until a Nuke-WMDS = CBRNE "Mushroon Cloud(s)" goes off in one or more major cities.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-09 19:20|| 2012-01-09 19:20|| Front Page Top

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