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  2. Russia and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia

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    The Russian Federation is known to possess or have possessed three types of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and chemical weapons.It is one of the five nuclear-weapon states recognized under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and one of the four countries wielding a nuclear triad.

  3. List of states with nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

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    Kazakhstan had 1,400 Soviet-era nuclear weapons on its territory and transferred them all to Russia by 1995, after Kazakhstan acceded to the NPT. [135] Ukraine had as many as 3,000 nuclear weapons deployed on its territory when it became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991, equivalent to the third-largest nuclear arsenal in the world.

  4. List of nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

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    The components of a B83 nuclear bomb used by the United States. This is a list of nuclear weapons listed according to country of origin, and then by type within the states. . The United States, Russia, China and India are known to possess a nuclear triad, being capable to deliver nuclear weapons by land, sea and

  5. Factbox: Russia's nuclear arsenal: how big and who ... - AOL

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    The Russian president is the ultimate decision maker when it comes to using Russian nuclear weapons, both strategic and non-strategic, according to Russia's nuclear doctrine.

  6. Factbox-Russia's nuclear arsenal: how big is it, and who ...

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    The Russian president is the ultimate decision maker on the use of Russian nuclear weapons. The so-called nuclear briefcase, or "Cheget" (named after Mount Cheget in the Caucasus Mountains), is ...

  7. Russia's nuclear threat explained - AOL

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    How many nuclear weapons does Russia have? Russia has about 6,200 nuclear warheads, the U.S. nearly 5,500, according to the Arms Control Assn. Of those, about 2,000 in both countries can be ...

  8. Soviet atomic bomb project - Wikipedia

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    The Soviet atomic bomb project was authorized by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during and after World War II. [1] [2]Russian physicist Georgy Flyorov suspected that the Allied powers were secretly developing a "superweapon" [2] since 1939.

  9. The Mechanics of Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal, Explained - AOL

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    As Russia suffers losses in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has made veiled threats to use the country’s nuclear weapons—a step that’s been deemed unthinkable since World War II. While ...