That cannot happen until it is also ratified by three newly-independent, former Soviet republics which have long-range nuclear weapons stationed on their soil.

Ukraine proclaimed itself a nuclear-free republic on Aug. 28, seeking the removal to Russia of nuclear weapons currently stationed on its territory.

For testing, some of these mechanisms were installed during 1959 in weapons stationed in Europe.

Already this year, Bonn successfully demanded that NATO postpone a decision on modernizing short-range nuclear weapons currently stationed on its territory.

The Soviet bloc also proposed reducing the number of weapons stationed on foreign territory.

There was a barrier blocking the gate, armed guards with ready weapons stationed at each side of it.

Al-Juraf district was also named as a Houthi stronghold, where they had large numbers of weapons stationed.

I quit," Mr. Bush announced that he was canceling plans to deploy a new short-range nuclear missile in West Germany to replace older weapons stationed there.

The two republics have butted heads over the Black Sea fleet, over weapons stationed in Ukraine and over Ukraine's insistence on forming its own army.

Crucial to Cold War strategy, the base did have nuclear weapons stationed on it for some time, and at its peak size, in the early 1980s, was home to 16,000 sailors and their families.