A Timeline of Nuclear Disarmament

A Timeline of Nuclear Disarmament
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Ballistic No More
Above, Ukrainian soldiers prepare to destroy a missile in Vakulenchuk in 1997. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Ukraine contributed to disarmament by destroying many of the nuclear warheads in its territory — which had previously counted as part of the Soviet arsenal.

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