Thread: I wonder if nuclear war will break out??
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Old 12-May-2008, 12:31 PM
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Perhaps. But man-portable nukes that once were part of the USSR's arsenal have gone missing since the end of the Cold War.



http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/News/Lebedbomb.html

So where are they? Who has them?
Lebed's claim had been debunked long ago. He was running for President of Russia, and accusing Yeltsin of inexcusable laxness was part of his grandstanding.
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