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Al-Qaida has suitcase-size nuclear bombs
February 9, 2004
http://www.suntimes.com/output/terror/cst-nws-bomb09.html
Ukraine sold al-Qaida an unknown number of tactical nuclear weapons in 1998, the London-based al-Hayat newspaper reported, and the terror organization is storing them for possible use.
After the Soviet Union broke up, Ukraine agreed to send 1,900 nuclear warheads back to Russia and sign on to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but up to 100 portable suitcase-size bombs were unaccounted for, former Russian national security adviser Alexander Lebed said.
Each bomb was the equivalent of 1,000 tons of TNT, he said.
Moscow has denied that such weapons existed.
The Arabic-language newspaper's report has not been confirmed.
In 1994, under U.S. and Russian pressure, Ukraine removed 1,900 nuclear warheads to Moscow and signed the anti-nuclear proliferation agreement. However, three years earlier, Lebed already had warned of the missing suitcase bombs.
According to al-Hayat, the weapons are not meant to be used except as a last resort, if the movement is in danger or attacked by weapons of mass destruction.
Jerusalem Post
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As I understand it, these devices take intensive upkeep to keep them usable. Even if they were in working order in 1998 (which is questionable) as I understand it there is just about 0 chance that they would produce more than a fizzle now, eight yrs. later. Does anybody know more about this?