51.   Weapons production and procurement have plummeted in Russia, and the military lacks enough money even to pay its officers and provide troops with proper rations.

52.   When they arrive, the records will likely reveal details of some of the worst nuclear accidents in history, some related to weapons production and testing.

53.   But scientists remain at a loss in many cases for safe ways to dispose of highly radioactive materials generated during decades of weapons production.

54.   Chisinau says the trans-Dniestrians have formed an army and begun wholesale weapons production in the factories which formed part of the Soviet military-industrial complex.

55.   The said the facility was believed to be under construction, and there was no evidence of any chemical of biological weapons production there.