NATIONS HAVE A HIGH INTEREST IN KEEPING THEIR WEAPONS SECURE. John Mueller 2009 (Woody Hayes Chair of National Security Studies, Mershon Center Professor of Political Science, "The Atomic Terrorist" commissioned by the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Terrorism, April 30, http://www.icnnd.org/research/Mueller_Terrorism.pdf It might be added that Russia has an intense interest in controlling any weapons on its territory since it is likely to be a prime target of any illicit use by terrorist groups, particularly Chechen ones of course, with whom it has been waging a vicious on-andoff war for well over a decade. The government of Pakistan, which has been repeatedly threatened by terrorists, has a similar very strong interest in controlling its nuclear weapons and material—and scientists. Notes Stephen Younger, former head of nuclear weapons research and development at Los Alamos National Laboratory, regardless of what is reported in the news, all nuclear nations take the security of their weapons very seriously
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