Nation Removes Its Last Nuclear Missile
From Times Wire Reports
Belarus removed its last nuclear missile, leaving Russia as the only remaining nuclear state among the 15 former Soviet republics. Joining a handful of countries that have given up atomic weapons, Belarus delivered its final SS-25 missile to Russia for destruction, under the terms of a 1992 agreement with Washington. Two other former republics, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, have already turned over their nuclear arms to Russia to be dismantled.
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