A disarmed Intercontinental ballistic missile SS-18 Mod 5 (

MYKOLAIV, UKRAINE - 2024/07/03: A disarmed Intercontinental ballistic missile SS-18 Mod 5 (NATO reporting name: Satan) is seen in the Museum of Strategic Missile Forces. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine held about one-third of the Soviet nuclear arsenal, the third largest in the world at the time, as well as significant means of its design and production. In 1994 Ukraine agreed to destroy the weapons and to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). One of the former Unified Command Posts was converted into the Strategic Missile Forces Museum and is now part of the National Military History Museum in Kyiv. The museum represents a launching position with a shaft launcher, an underground command post, and above-ground service facilities. The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces is located in Mykolaiv region. During the Soviet period, this missile base was off-limits to the public and was managed by the 46th Red Flag Division of the Nijniodniprovska Missile Order of the October Revolution. (Photo by Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)