Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Gonz

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With so many wondering why we have them & countries like Iraq & the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
:rofl: shouldn't, let's start here.

Brief Background

The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. The Treaty represents the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by the nuclear-weapon States. Opened for signature in 1968, the Treaty entered into force in 1970. A total of 187 parties have joined the Treaty, including the five nuclear-weapon States. More countries have ratified the NPT than any other arms limitation and disarmament agreement, a testament to the Treaty's significance.

To further the goal of non-proliferation and as a confidence-building measure between States parties, the Treaty establishes a safeguards system under the responsibility of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Safeguards are used to verify compliance with the Treaty through inspections conducted by the IAEA. The Treaty promotes co-operation in the field of peaceful nuclear technology and equal access to this technology for all States parties, while safeguards prevent the diversion of fissile material for weapons use.

The provisions of the Treaty, particularly article VIII, paragraph 3, envisage a review of the operation of the Treaty every five years, a provision which was reaffirmed by the States parties at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference.

The 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) met at the United Nations in New York from 24 April to 19 May 2000. The Conference was the first to meet following the Treaty's indefinite extension at the 1995 Conference. States parties examined the implementation of the Treaty's provisions since 1995, taking into account the decisions on the principles and objectives for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and the strengthening of the review process for the Treaty as well as the resolution on the Middle East adopted at the 1995 Conference.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 5 March 1970*

DEPOSITARY GOVERNMENTS: Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America

TOTAL NUMBER OF PARTIES AS OF March 2002: 187 Parties
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Ratified Signers
 
so how many nukes has the USA destroyed?, i know Russia has disarmed a lot of theirs.
 
Luis G said:
so how many nukes has the USA destroyed?, i know Russia has disarmed a lot of theirs.
I don't know the numbers exactly, but a lot has been destroyed if you can believe the numbers. If you can believe what Russia said too. I'm not sure how much I believe.
 
LastLegionary said:
I don't know the numbers exactly, but a lot has been destroyed if you can believe the numbers. If you can believe what Russia said too. I'm not sure how much I believe.

yeap, my thoughts exactly.
 
This seems interestng. I will have to read up more on it. Sorry, my wife is already telling me I can't post more. It takes too much of my time i guess :(
 
RD_151 said:
This seems interestng. I will have to read up more on it. Sorry, my wife is already telling me I can't post more. It takes too much of my time i guess :(
Do what Everquest players do...

Get your wife / gf hooked, that way you can spend all your time here you want... ;)







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Well, if you guys think I'm a lefty (which really surprises the hell out of me, since I think I was considered to be part of the "vast right wing conspiracy" over at hwc, where things were MUCH more left leaning than here, I'm sure you remember), you really wouldn't want my wife posting. She is extremely left, for obvious reasons (you know, most Europeans are, at least relative to americans). You guys seem to have really managed a "vast right wing" forum over here ;) Its even a little too right for my preferences, or maybe I have become a lefty, not sure on that really though.

I think I would spend more time to trying to counter her arguments than anything else if she was posting here. Nah, thats probably a bad idea. I try to avoid political, or philisophical discussions with her. You guys think I'm difficult, or politically liberal, well, you haven't seen anything yet!!!

Maybe its a useful idea in theory, but probably not in practice. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Any way, I'm at work so I should have time to do some reading on this finally ;)
 
LastLegionary said:
Luis G said:
so how many nukes has the USA destroyed?, i know Russia has disarmed a lot of theirs.
I don't know the numbers exactly, but a lot has been destroyed if you can believe the numbers. If you can believe what Russia said too. I'm not sure how much I believe.

We have Russians come through here all the time to watch the destruction of the warheads...and they have us over as well. Sometimes, we get the odd surprise inspection, and we don't know until 24 hours out. Trust me. The US and Russia are taking the START treaties very seriously.
 
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