Question by Knowledge Is Power: What does the US and Russia(USSR) do with their nuclear arms after they sign the treaties to eliminate some?
Reagan and Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty to eliminate a significant amount of each others nuclear arms. And since then there has been other such agreements. But what do they do with it? Throw it away?
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Answer by Boober
They are deactivated and disassembled. Not sure what happens to the nuclear material.
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What do you think?
GIOSTORMUSN says
A good number were destroyed, then changed for use as vehicles for launching satellites, both military and civilian use. The warheads were dismantled and the material recycled for commercial use.
Jacob W says
They were dismantled and key components destroyed under supervision of inspectors from each country.
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shinig_eyes says
They will dismantle them, In the presence of supervisiosers
One Cool Marxist says
They take apart the warheads and make use of the Uranium in their commercial reactors.
Pat says
america gives them to israel and Russia gives them to iran