Russia To Dismantle Strategic Missile Unit By December: Report

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File image of a Ukrainian missile silo being destroyed.

Moscow (AFP) Jul 22, 2005
Russia will dismantle a unit of strategic missiles based in the Urals by next December, in accordance with the 1991 START 1 disarmament accord, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported late Thursday.

The unit, based in the Chelyabinsk region, is made up of RS-20 intercontinental ballistic missiles -- which NATO calls SS-18.

Military authorities blew up a launching silo of that unit on Thursday, the fifth one to be destroyed since the beginning of this year.

Another silo will be blown up by year's end, ITAR-TASS reported, quoting an unidentified defense ministry official.

Under the START 1 agreement, which came into force in December 1994, the number of Russian and US missiles cannot exceed 1,600.

Russia currently has two divisions equipped with over 80 RS-20 missiles, in Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region, and in the southern Orenburg region.

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Indian PM Worried Islamic Militants May Seize Pakistan's Nuclear Bomb

Washington (AFP) Jul 21, 2005
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Wednesday of "serious" consequences if Islamic militants grabbed power in Pakistan and took control of its nuclear weapons arsenal.

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