What nations signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty? When? and why did they sign?
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All but three nations have signed the NPT treaty, there were fewer founding members of the treaty and Ireland was the impetus for the creation of the treaty.  They signed at various times some in 1968 when the treaty was created others like China and France in the 90's and later.  The overall agreement is to abstain from obtaining nuclear weapons in exchange for peaceful nuclear technology.  This has been the point of contention since the start of the treaty and is the reason India never signed.  Israel never signed because of its ambiguos nuclear program and Pakistan follows India's movements and didn't sign either.
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Iran.....I do not even bother to know about them....please next time choose right category for these sorts of silly question..\nthank you
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If they are stupid enough to fire a nuke I think all nations with nukes should respond in kind. A few dozen big mushroom clouds coming from all the major powers would have a startling effect on all the countries who want to have a nuke.  Imagine it. One nuke from every country that has the capability to hit Iran. That would be like a huge "WHO IS NEXT" sign for the world to see.
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Eisenhower spoke at the dedication of the Robert A. Taft Memorial Bell tower.  \n\nThe day before that, on April 13, a letter was delivered in Moscow from Eisenhower to Khrushchev about the discontinuation of nuclear weapons testing - could this be the issue you are looking for?  I have attached a copy of that letter.  I hope this helps.
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The US basically started the UN!  The US pushed for other countries to join the UN during the Cold War and now must accept what it has helped implement.  Can you Neocon Conspiracy theorists get over yourselves?  The UN is not a demonic institution that was prophasized in the "Bible" or a creation of the former Soviet Bloc countries!  Geez...
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Look the thing that binds nuclear disarmament internationally is the Non-proliferation Treaty.  It's an agreement that allows for countries (even Iran) to engage in peaceful nuclear research for the purposes of nuclear power among other things.  It is also widely violated by Israel and by India (which was basically told in an agreement with the US that it could build as many nukes as it wanted).  \n\nNow, I'll give you the no country has the right to a nuke, but then the question goes to any nation seeking the bomb, "By what right can the US decide that India can build nukes but we cannot?"  And I'm not necessarily talking about Iran here.  Pakistan is pissed that India gets access to US nuclear technology but IT DOESN'T.  \n\nAnother problem is that once a country gets the bomb, like say North Korea, the US stops its Sabre rattling.  Iraq had to be invaded because Saddam could have been working on the bomb say the talking heads.  Well North Korea (hardly an improvement IMHO) did get the bomb and what happened?  Talks.  That sends a strong message to many a regime unfriendly to the US I think.  \n\nAs for if China adds another nuke, well, you really don't understand much about China's nuclear program.  They don't really have many nukes and have no real second strike capability, but if they were to turn their burgeoning economy and pour it into their nuclear inventory, and developed a second strike capability, they would be a much more serious threat to the US.
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Iran signed the NPT, (Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty) by signing that they agreed to abstain from seeking nuclear weapons.  They are currently in violation of international law.  The US, the UK, Israel, India, France, China and Pakistan did not sign the NPT.  Iran has publicly declared that Israel should not be allowed to exist.  Is that a red flag that Iran should be closely watched in their nuclear ambitions?
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NATO which stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization\n\nconsists power of this nations :\nBelgium \nCanada \nDenmark \nFrance\n Germany\n Greece \nIceland, \nItaly,\n Luxembourg,\n the Netherlands,\n Norway, \nPortugal, \nSpain,\n Turkey\nthe United Kingdom\nthe United States\n Czech Republic (May 27, 1999) \n Hungary (May 27, 1999) \n Poland (May 27, 1999) \n Bulgaria (March 29, 2004) \n Estonia (March 29, 2004) \n Latvia (March 29, 2004) \n Lithuania (March 29, 2004) \n Romania (March 29, 2004) \n Slovakia (March 29, 2004) \n Slovenia (March 29, 2004)
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USA\nUK\nFRANCE\nCHINA\nNORTH KOREA\nPAKISTAN\nINDIA\nISRAEL\n\nRough guess..i maybe wrong on some of them, not sure.
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It's ridiculous that one country would assume it has the right to tell another country not to produce or have the same weapons it has. I don't understand why any of the people concerned are so stupid: I mean, if anyone ever did decide to deploy nuclear weapons, we'd ALL die...
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Afghanistan -- (19 Nov. 1946)\nAlbania -- (14 Dec. 1955)\nAlgeria -- (8 Oct. 1962)\nAndorra -- (28 July 1993)\nAngola -- (1 Dec. 1976)\nAntigua and Barbuda -- (11 Nov. 1981)\nArgentina -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nArmenia -- (2 Mar. 1992)\nAustralia -- (1 Nov. 1945)\nAustria-- (14 Dec. 1955)\nAzerbaijan -- (2 Mar. 1992)\nBahamas -- (18 Sep. 1973)\nBahrain -- (21 Sep. 1971)\nBangladesh -- (17 Sep. 1974)\nBarbados -- (9 Dec. 1966)\nBelarus -- (24 Oct. 1945)\n\nOn 19 September 1991, Byelorussia informed the United Nations that it had changed its name to Belarus.  \n\nBelgium -- (27 Dec. 1945)\nBelize -- (25 Sep. 1981)\nBenin -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nBhutan -- (21 Sep. 1971)\nBolivia -- (14 Nov. 1945)\nBosnia and Herzegovina -- (22 May 1992)\n\nThe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.\nThe Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/237 of 22 May 1992. \n \n\nBotswana -- (17 Oct. 1966)\nBrazil -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nBrunei Darussalam -- (21 Sep. 1984)\nBulgaria -- (14 Dec. 1955)\nBurkina Faso -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nBurundi -- (18 Sep. 1962)\nCambodia -- (14 Dec. 1955)\nCameroon -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nCanada -- (9 Nov. 1945)\nCape Verde -- (16 Sep. 1975)\nCentral African Republic -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nChad -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nChile -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nChina -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nColombia -- (5 Nov. 1945)\nComoros -- (12 Nov. 1975)\nCongo (Republic of the) -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nCosta Rica -- (2 Nov. 1945)\nCôte d'Ivoire -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nCroatia -- (22 May 1992)\n\nThe Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed on its behalf on 26 June 1945 and ratified 19 October 1945, until its dissolution following the establishment and subsequent admission as new members of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Slovenia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.\nThe Republic of Croatia was admitted as a Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution A/RES/46/238 of 22 May 1992. \n \n\nCuba -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nCyprus -- (20 Sep. 1960)\nCzech Republic -- (19 Jan. 1993)\n\nCzechoslovakia was an original Member of the United Nations from 24 October 1945. In a letter dated 10 December 1992, its Permanent Representative informed the Secretary-General that the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic would cease to exist on 31 December 1992 and that the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, as successor States, would apply for membership in the United Nations. Following the receipt of its application, the Security Council, on 8 January 1993, recommended to the General Assembly that the Czech Republic be admitted to United Nations membership. The Czech Republic was thus admitted on 19 January of that year as a Member State.  \n\nDemocratic People's Republic of Korea -- (17 Sep. 1991)\nDemocratic Republic of the Congo -- (20 Sep. 1960)\n\nZaire joined the United Nations on 20 September 1960. On 17 May 1997, its name was changed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. \n\nDenmark -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nDjibouti -- (20 Sep. 1977)\nDominica -- (18 Dec. 1978)\nDominican Republic -- (24 Oct. 1945)\nEcuador -- (21 Dec. 1945)\nEgypt -- (24 Oct. 1945)\n\nEgypt and Syria were original Members of the United Nations from 24 October 1945. Following a plebiscite on 21 February 1958, the United Arab Republic was established by a union of Egypt and Syria and continued as a single Member. On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State, resumed its separate member
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The purpose of the treaty was to "set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, established freedom of scientific investigation and banned military activity on that continent."\n\n\n12 countries orignlly sign the treaty:\n Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the USSR, the United Kingdom and the United States.\n\nthe total number of nations that are members:\nAt the end of 2004, there were 45 treaty member nations: 28 consultative and 17 acceding
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I couldn't find the answer to the nuclear vs. thermonuclear part of your question.  Once you can make a nuclear weapon, making a thermonuclear weapon is not that difficult.\n\nThere are currently five states considered to be "nuclear weapons states", an internationally recognized status conferred by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). In order of acquisition of nuclear weapons these are: the United States of America, Russia (formerly the Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, France, and the People's Republic of China. Since the formulation of the NPT, two non-signatory states of the NPT have conducted nuclear tests—India and Pakistan. North Korea has publicly declared itself to possess nuclear weapons though it has not conducted any confirmed tests and its ultimate status is still unknown. Israel is strongly suspected to have an arsenal of nuclear weapons though it has never confirmed or denied this, and there have been reports that over 100 nuclear weapons might be in its inventory. This status is not formally recognised by international bodies; none of these countries are currently signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. There is some speculation that Iran has, or is preparing for, a secret nuclear weapons program. South Africa was once a nuclear weapons state but has since destroyed its former arsenal.\n\nWikipedia knows all.
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1 USA\n2 China\n3 Russia\n4 Israel\n5 Uk\n6 France\n7 India\n8 Australia\n9 Canada\n10 Korea North
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Wow, top question! \n\nSad fact is, the IAEA has no mandate to inspect Israels WMD because ISREAL has NOT and will NOT sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. This means that they have an ILLEGAL STOCKPILE OF WMD. Sound familiar?\n\nIran on the other hand is a member of the NPT and does comply with UN weapons inspections, or at least has done until the USA decided to rail road them into a confrontation by using the UN.\n\nIt is utterly disgraceful that Israel has been allowed to flagrantly disregard the the international community for so long on this issue. This makes them worse than Iraq and Iran. \n\nOh, Pakistan and India are also "nuclear rogue states" and who cares?\n\nlinks to the NPT have been broken on the UN website so no sources, but I reckon you can check up if you like!\n\nIf you find the original text of the NPT it makes interesting reading when you consider it in the context of Americas adherence to the articles!
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The Nuclear Club is a term given to countries possessing nuclear weapons.\n\nThe major powers, USA, Russia, China, UK want this club to remain exclusive.  That's why these powers get upset when countries like India, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and N. Korea try to obtain them.
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The current five permanent members of the Security Council are the only nations recognized as possessing nuclear weapons under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, although it lacks universal validity, as some nuclear nations have not signed the treaty. This nuclear status is not the result of their Security Council membership, though it is sometimes used as a modern-day justification for their continued presence on the body. India, Pakistan, North Korea, and possibly Israel (though Israel has never itself admitted to nuclear weapons possession) possess nuclear weapons outside of the anti-proliferation framework established by the Treaty. In 2004, four of the five permanent members were also the world's top four weapons exporters when measured by arms value; China was seventh.\nEach permanent member state has veto powers, which can be used to void any resolution. A single veto from a permanent member outweighs any majority. This is not technically a veto, rather just a "nay" vote; however any "nay" vote from a permanent member would block the passage of the resolution in question.