Second, although Russian strategic warheads are well-guarded, large numbers of small tactical nuclear warheads and huge amounts of fissionablematerial usable for bombs are not, and these create a serious stockpile security problem.
Indeed, it is now obvious to everyone what Israel contended all along: Had Osirak been allowed to come on line as planned, the Butcher of Baghdad would long ago have secured fissionablematerial for use in atomic or thermonuclear devices.