Nunn-Lugar Program for Soviet Weapons Dismantlement : Background and Implementation

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Assesses implementation of the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991, proposed by Sen. Sam Nunn and Sen. Richard G. Lugar to help the former states of the Soviet Union, including Belarus, Kaz...

Assesses implementation of the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991, proposed by Sen. Sam Nunn and Sen. Richard G. Lugar to help the former states of the Soviet Union, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine, safeguard and destroy their nuclear, chemical, and other weapons. Identifies later legislation, including the Freedom Support Act of 1992 and DOD authorization and appropriations bills, supporting demilitarization and conversion to civilian purposes of industries in the former Soviet Union.

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