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Ukraine Sells 150 More ICBMs to Russia

July 28, 2003 :: The Moscow Times :: News

When the Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991, Ukraine inherited the third largest arsenal of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. Shortly after 1991, some 1,300 of these were transported to Russia, but 150 SS-19s were retained by the Ukrainian “space agency.”
           Ukraine has now sold these ICBMs to Russia, a move which further bolsters the Russian strategic arsenal. The missiles will likely be soon put into service.
           The acquisition of the SS-19s serve to replace aging and less advanced SS-18 ICBMs, which Russia recently destroyed with much press attention. The recent SORT Treaty with the United States further reduces the number of nuclear arms to between 1700 and 2200, thereby accomodating a level of nuclear parity which the the flagging Russian economy can support.

 

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