There are still 79 launch pads for Topol ballistic missiles left in Belarus, but the work to dismantle them has been halted
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15 March 2005 y., Tuesday
There are still 79 launch pads for Topol ballistic missiles left in Belarus, but the work to dismantle them has been halted, a source in the Belarussian Defense Ministry told Interfax on Monday.
"The launch pads are to be dismantled in compliance with international agreements, but the country does not have enough resources or technical abilities to do so," the source said.
"In accordance with the Lisbon protocol, which is connected to the Russian-U.S. agreement limiting the numbers of strategic weapons, Belarus has withdrawn all atomic weapons from its territory and become a non-nuclear country," the source said.
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