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Russia’s Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear terrorism and warhead control in Russia. (fear of theft of nuclear weapons by terrorist) Tom Z. Collina, Jon B. Wolfsthal.
Arms Control Today April 2002 v32 i3 p15(5) (4369 words)


1. What has the Bush administration done to try to prevent nuclear terrorism?




2. Why is Russia the potential major source of nuclear materials for terrorists?




3. What suggestions do the authors make regarding this problem?




4. How does this problem illustrate the inability of the Russian government to control the military?