Nation Removes Its Last Nuclear Missile
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Belarus removed its last nuclear missile, leaving Russia as the only remaining nuclear state among the 15 former Soviet republics. Joining a handful of countries that have given up atomic weapons, Belarus delivered its final SS-25 missile to Russia for destruction, under the terms of a 1992 agreement with Washington. Two other former republics, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, have already turned over their nuclear arms to Russia to be dismantled.
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