Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction

The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program is a 1991 U.S. law sponsored by Senators Richard Lugar and Sam Nunn. The program provided funding and expertise for former Soviet states including Russia, Ukraine, Kazakstan and Belarus to decommission nuclear, biological and chemical weapon stockpiles, as agreed by the Soviet Union under disarmament treaties such as SALT II. Under the scrutiny of American contractors, nuclear warheads would be removed from their delivery vehicles, then decommissioned or stockpiled at designated sites in Russia. The bill's philosophy is widely summarized in the biblical phrase swords into ploughshares.

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1991 - U.S. - Richard Lugar - Sam Nunn - Soviet - Russia - Ukraine - Kazakstan - Belarus - Nuclear - Soviet Union - Disarmament - SALT II - Biblical

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