Dossier: loose nukes.
American Prospect, The, February, 2005
Russia's estimated stockpile includes 18,ooo assembled nuclear warheads at some 150 to 210 sites ... Additionally, it retains an estimated 603 metric tons of highly enriched uranium (HEU) and 170 metric tons of separated plutonium ... A working nuclear bomb requires at least 16 kilograms of uranium or 4 kilograms of plutonium ...
Only 3 percent of Russia's total nuclear material stockpile is subject to U.S. monitoring ... 84 1-kiloton "suitcase nukes" are missing, according to former Russian national-security adviser Alexander Lebed ... The United States has verified the ...
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