Nork Nukes Nearing Nuisance?

[bayonetbrant]

just curious - has their been any country that's voluntarily given up their nukes in public and not been invaded or attacked by someone afterwards?

[OJsDad]

just curious - has their been any country that's voluntarily given up their nukes in public and not been invaded or attacked by someone afterwards?

South Africa.

[bayonetbrant]

just curious - has their been any country that's voluntarily given up their nukes in public and not been invaded or attacked by someone afterwards?

South Africa.

did they give them up?

[mirth]

They did.

[bayonetbrant]

OK, so that's one.

And the one that was likely safest giving them up since their biggest 'threat' when they had them was being surrounded by majority-black-rule nations while they were still practicing apartheid.

All of the others? Libya, Norks, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, Israel - not exactly swimming in a sea of friends there, huh?

[mirth]

OK, so that's one.

That's pretty much what you asked for.

just curious - has their been any country that's voluntarily given up their nukes in public and not been invaded or attacked by someone afterwards?

[mirth]

Belarus also gave up their nukes. Taiwan was dissuaded from pursuing it's nuke program.

[Gusington]

Was it voluntary in Belarus or more like Russia taking them back as quickly as possible at some point after 1991?

[mirth]

Was it voluntary in Belarus or more like Russia taking them back as quickly as possible at some point after 1991?

The Russians didn't get them all back until '96 so I'm guessing there was some negotiation.

[Gusington]

In Soviet Russia nuclear warhead negotiates for you.

[mirth]

Indeed

[mirth]

Kazakhstan also gave theirs up and they had the world's fourth largest nuclear arsenal for a while.


http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/kazakhstan-nuclear-weapons-free-for-20-years/

[Gusington]

I wonder under what kind of threats from Russia did these former Soviet republics give up their nukes...

[bayonetbrant]

OK, so that's one.

That's pretty much what you asked for.

just curious - has their been any country that's voluntarily given up their nukes in public and not been invaded or attacked by someone afterwards?

It is exactly what I asked for.  I didn't realize there were any.

[mirth]

I wonder under what kind of threats from Russia did these former Soviet republics give up their nukes...

I think it was more in the way of inducements than threats. Difficult to seriously threaten a country with 1400 nukes. I wouldn't be surprised if we kicked some $$ their way.