At the time of the dissolution of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991, [[Ukraine]] held the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world, including an estimated 1,800 strategic warheads, 176 long-range ballistic missiles, and 42 strategic bombers. | At the time of the dissolution of the [[Soviet Union]] in 1991, [[Ukraine]] held the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world, including an estimated 1,800 strategic warheads, 176 long-range ballistic missiles, and 42 strategic bombers. |