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To: MeganC

The last time two nuclear powers (India and Pakistan) had a war it almost killed us all and they only had atomic weapons. The Ukraine and Russia both also have thermonuclear warheads (aka “H-Bombs”).


6 posted on 09/09/2014 1:12:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don’t think Ukraine still does. Past tense only.


7 posted on 09/09/2014 1:17:00 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Upon the breakup of the Soviet Union, Ukraine inherited the third largest nuclear weapons stockpile in the world after the Russian Federation and the United States. However, in the January 1994 Trilateral Statement, Ukraine committed to full disarmament. Kiev joined the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as a non-nuclear weapon state in 1994, acceded to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), and having transferred all of its nuclear warheads to Russia for elimination, became nuclear-weapon-free in 1996.

http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/ukraine/nuclear/


10 posted on 09/09/2014 1:24:46 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Russian-loving former wannabe dictator of Ukraine gave those up over a decade ago along with some bombers that weren’t scrapped. The pro-Russian regime looted the country and military and now that it was overthrown, Putin invades


23 posted on 09/09/2014 1:36:32 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ukraine has no nuclear weapons. They gave them up with the promise that the US and Russia would assure Ukraine’s security.


45 posted on 09/09/2014 4:41:19 PM PDT by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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