Puff,
In your humble opinion, you are wrong.
All nuclear weapons in the former Soviet state of Ukraine transferred to Russia. The last nuclear warhead was removed 6-1-96.
In 1993, transfer of all 81 SS-25 nuclear missles and tactical warheads in Belarus was made to Russia, although the weapons remained in Belarus under Russian military guard. Physical transfer of the weapons to Russia was completed in 1996.
All nuclear weapons were out of Kazakhstan by May 1995. Kazakhstan returned 1400 strategic nuclear warheads and 104 SS-18 ICBMs, as well as their support equipment to Russia. Eliminated 147 ICBM (mostly SS-18) silo launchers, launch control centers and test silos located at Zhangiz-Tobe, Derzhavinsk, Semipalatinsk and Leninsk.
Here is the statement from the White House Press Secretary's office. November 24, 1996 Note the date...The denuclearization of the former Soviet state all took place under the Clinton Administration. This was a huge accomplishment that got overshadowed by other events. Perhaps the largest accomplishment of his 8 years in office.
"Today we have witnessed another historic milestone toward the reduction of the global nuclear threat. All nuclear warheads and SS-25 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) have been removed from the territory of Belarus. Together with the successful de-nuclearization of Kazakstan and Ukraine, today's actions reflect the success of President Clinton's policy to support the removal of all nuclear weapons from those states, other than Russia, which inherited the Soviet nuclear arsenal when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
In 1991, there were more than 500 strategic and tactical nuclear warheads and 81 SS-25 ICBMs in Belarus. Today there are none. In total, over 6,000 strategic and tactical nuclear warheads have been removed from Kazakstan, Ukraine and Belarus over the past five years.
I also note that both the United States and Russia are ahead of the reduction schedule specified in the START I Treaty. To date, the United States has eliminated launchers for 825 strategic nuclear delivery vehicles, and about 875 launchers for strategic nuclear delivery vehicles in the former Soviet Union have been eliminated, including almost 750 in Russia. The Cooperative Threat Reduction (Nunn-Lugar) program is playing a major role in the elimination of these weapons in the former Soviet Union, just as it did in the de-nuclearization of Kazakstan, Ukraine and Belarus."
Now as for my original statement, it stands and is completely accurate.
In terms of nuclear history since Reagan made that comment in 1979, ONE LESS country has nuclear bombs now. That is right, the number of countries with nuclear warheads has gone down in the last 25 years. South Africa got rid of theirs and North Korea has made claims that they have a bomb but haven't tested anything to prove it. Otherwise, there has been no change in proliferation.
Have Nukes
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US
Russia
China
France
United Kingdom
India
Pakistan
As for lock step mentality and conservatives, are you assuming I am a Republican based on my comments? You would be incorrect. Go figure.
....But you did agree with Roosevelt, right?