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In the 1990s and later, Russia often launched missiles, as part of a routine training program. After the collapse of the USSR and devastating Perestroika period in the ’90s, Russian deterrence systems were in disarray. Russian military secrets were exported in tons. However, even in such terrible conditions, Russians never allowed themselves to get rid of the weapons of the “last resort” (intercontinental nuclear missiles).
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Bukharin, O. (2000, June). Helping Russia Downsize Its Nuclear Complex: A Focus on the Closed Nuclear Cities. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
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Basu, D., Miroshnik, V.W. (2019). Future of Nuclear Power Development. In: The Political Economy of Nuclear Energy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27029-2_15
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