Nuclear Successor States of the Soviet Union:Nuclear Weapons, Fissile Material, and Export Control Status Report No. 5

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Nuclear Successor States of the Soviet Union:Nuclear Weapons, Fissile Material, and Export Control Status Report No. 5

Published on Mar 1, 1998

Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Monterey Institute of International Studies,1998

The report can be ordered from the Monterey Institute by contacting cns@miis.edu

This volume provides an up-to-date snapshot of the status of nuclear weapon deployments, production, and dismantling activities in Belarus, Kazakstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as details about export controls and implementation of the U.S. Cooperative Threat Reduction Program in each of these states. To our knowledge, it is the only publication in print to bring together in one place all current information on these issues. Detailed, original maps are also included in the document.

Published jointly by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Monterey Institute of International Studies

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