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1997 Slovakia Special Weapons News

• Controversy Rages over SS-23s in Bulgaria and Slovakia CDISS News and Views - August 1997
• Slovakia on destruction of SS-23 missiles The issue of elimination of SS-23 missiles has been a topic of expert level discussions between Slovakia and the U.S.A. The talks have not produced concrete results yet.
• Bulgaria and Slovakia Reject Missile Reduction August 20, 1997 - The Clinton Administration asked the country to hasten the destruction of the weapons, banned under the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The Slovak Defense Ministry issued a statement that their SS-23 missiles "still carry out their role in the defense system," and that their elimination would be "premature." The Slovak spokesman stated that the missiles' elimination "would have to be a political decision."

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