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servicepub (RIP) 04-03-14 04:06

Rusting tanks
 
Bet the Ukrainian Army wished they had maintained these.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-escalate.html

Clive

Ryan 04-03-14 07:34

Do they still have their nukes from when the USSR split?

cletrac (RIP) 04-03-14 10:01

The US was overseeing the destruction of the nukes but I'm not sure if they finished yet. They also had quite a fleet of nuclear bombers that remained unserviced and will never fly again. I wonder how many of those tanks will make it into collectors hands?

maple_leaf_eh 04-03-14 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan (Post 192532)
Do they still have their nukes from when the USSR split?

No. The Ukranians divested themselves of their boomers as quickly as they could after independance from the Soviet Union.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine

Marc Montgomery 08-03-14 13:21

Wow Clive..amazing! thanks for the post.. I bet there are at least a few well-healed collectors in the US, perhaps elsewhere, that would love to get one of those beasts

Bruce Parker (RIP) 08-03-14 13:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan (Post 192532)
Do they still have their nukes from when the USSR split?

No, they traded them away for Crimea. Now Russia wants that back too, hence the trouble.


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