Do you recall when the Soviet Union collapsed?
I recall reading, possibly here on FR about small nuclear weapons that were disappearing from their stockpiles. Also I recall perhaps from the same article about Russian nuclear technicians that had left the country and were possibly hired by international arms traders or other nations.
Syria and Iran just may have small nukes of their own.
Syria, unfortunately, also has three sites holding Saddams WMD. If they were, uh, lit up by us or Israel, many parts of Syria might be uninhabitable, or at least much of their aquifers poisoned for years. That’s the downside of ‘holding’.
Yeah or the 12 intermediate range nuclear missles the Ukrainian minister said were “missing”. That was about two years ago. I think Iran has at least half a dozen bombs already and are planning to use them very soon.