If an attack should occur on U.S. soil, local preparedness is crucial. Nunn-Lugar II legislation takes the first step in addressing this issue. In 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Belarus had deployed on its soil more than 50 strategic and tactical nuclear warheads and 81 SS-25 missiles, he said. Together with the successful de-nuclearization of Kazakstan and Ukraine, today's actions reflect the success of President Clinton's policy to support the removal of all nuclear weapons from those states, other than Russia, which inherited the Soviet nuclear arsenal when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. In 1991, there were more than 500 strategic and tactical nuclear warheads and 81 SS-25 ICBMs in Belarus.
Today there are none.
In total, over 6,000 strategic and tactical nuclear warheads have been removed from Kazakstan, Ukraine and Belarus over the past five years. To date, the United States has eliminated launchers for 825 strategic nuclear delivery vehicles, and about 875 launchers for strategic nuclear delivery vehicles in the former Soviet Union have been eliminated, including almost 750 in Russia. He expressed the hope that the United States will continue to work closely with Russia in building its market economy. The tax picture is confused. He said he regrets that aid to Russia has fallen significantly over the past two years.