I am not jumping to conclusions and will reserve the judgement for later. They provided no proof so far, but hopefully it will be forthcoming, and I would not dismiss their claim outright.
Relocated where and by whom? Just curious.
Relocated where and by whom? Just curious.
As I'm asking you if you want this done, take your pick.
Loss of oversight made a bunch of USSR suitcase nukes, ~100 or so, go walkabout when they collapsed. Russia denies this, of course. They might be fine, or not, nobody (in public) really knows. Probably not a huge risk without maintenance, if you nick it but don't know what it is you might scrap it for parts and mistake the core for tungsten or lead, but… not great, unless it was existing nuclear powers who took them.
And even then, not great for Russia.
Here's the first US government report I found on it with all of the entirely negligible effort I am willing to entertain: https://commdocs.house.gov/committees/security/has078010.000...
Perhaps he was drunk, or lying, or just plain unable to find the people who knew which cupboard the devices were safely locked in. But he did make those claims. And you are missing the wood for the trees.