Ukraine Believes it Can Build its Own Nuclear Bombs From Spent Fuel Rods in Months
Ukraine has the resources and expertise to indigenously produce a large quantity of nuclear weapons at short notice if it was forced to do so, a briefing document meant for top government figures allegedly says, a report states.
A briefing produced for the Ukrainian defence ministry allegedly explaining to policy makers that the country could rapidly develop rudimentary nuclear bombs from spent fuel rods and long-range ballistic missiles to carry them states this could be achieved in just months.
Claimed as an exclusive by The Times of London, the document is presented by the newspaper as illustrating a potential backstop for the country to defend itself from the Russian Federation if the United States under a Trump Presidency withdrew military support. President Trump has made clear he wishes to bring peace to Europe quickly, but has not yet revealed how. Many of the options open to him do not align with the official Kyiv policy as the only acceptable end to the war being total victory over Russia.
Whatever the truth, it is certain that the emergence of a new rogue nuclear state willing to use unsophisticated, low-yield nuclear weapons in Eastern Europe to defend its sovereignty from an aggressor would be not well received by Western capitals, and least of all by European nations threatened by drifting fallout clouds.
On the technical aspect of producing the devices, the report states Ukraine has access to a large quantity of spent fuel rods from its fleet of operating nuclear power plants, enough to produce “several hundred” weapons. Although this material wouldn’t be considered suitable for modern nuclear weapons by regular nuclear states, it is said to be good enough to produce a comparatively low-yield basic device.
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Ukraine has the resources and expertise to indigenously produce a large quantity of nuclear weapons at short notice if it was forced to do so, a briefing document meant for top government figures allegedly says, a report states.
A briefing produced for the Ukrainian defence ministry allegedly explaining to policy makers that the country could rapidly develop rudimentary nuclear bombs from spent fuel rods and long-range ballistic missiles to carry them states this could be achieved in just months.
Claimed as an exclusive by The Times of London, the document is presented by the newspaper as illustrating a potential backstop for the country to defend itself from the Russian Federation if the United States under a Trump Presidency withdrew military support. President Trump has made clear he wishes to bring peace to Europe quickly, but has not yet revealed how. Many of the options open to him do not align with the official Kyiv policy as the only acceptable end to the war being total victory over Russia.
Whatever the truth, it is certain that the emergence of a new rogue nuclear state willing to use unsophisticated, low-yield nuclear weapons in Eastern Europe to defend its sovereignty from an aggressor would be not well received by Western capitals, and least of all by European nations threatened by drifting fallout clouds.
On the technical aspect of producing the devices, the report states Ukraine has access to a large quantity of spent fuel rods from its fleet of operating nuclear power plants, enough to produce “several hundred” weapons. Although this material wouldn’t be considered suitable for modern nuclear weapons by regular nuclear states, it is said to be good enough to produce a comparatively low-yield basic device.
Ukraine Could Build its Own Nuclear Bombs in Months: Report
Ukraine has resources and expertise to make nuclear weapons if it was forced, a briefing meant for top government figures allegedly says.
