World News and Trends- Lost: 100 nuclear weapons

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article by John Ross Schroeder, Scott Ashley

According to a senior advisor to Russian president Boris Yeltsin, an unspecified number of small nuclear weapons were diverted to the KGB in the late 1970s and early 1980s-subsequently being omitted from arms inventories.

Moreover, former Soviet general Alexander Lebed says that Russia has lost track of about 100 small nuclear bombs.

Concerned observers say that these missing Soviet bombs and also unattended uranium supplies (sought by Iraq) should seriously concern the U.S. and its Western allies. In the hands of terrorists or outlaw nations, these lost weapons pose a serious threat to Western and world security. (Source: The Los Angeles Times .)

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