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Security Upgrades Completed For 25 Russian Nuclear Warhead Sites

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Friday, November 2nd, 2007

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U.S.-funded security upgrades at a Russian Strategic Rocket Forces base in Siberia were completed Oct. 31, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said. Completion of that work means all security work at 25 Russian nuclear missile sites outlined in a 2005 agreement between the U.S. and Russian presidents is finished. The final base completed, known as GSM-5BR, is part of Russia's network of bases with ICBM nuclear forces and personnel. The security upgrades at the missile bases…

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