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Originally Posted by trickyy
one thing to mention in this discussion is the nuclear nonproliferation treaty
EDIT: i know this isn't quite what you're talking about, but i included it for reference
basically says that existing nuclear powers scale down their arsenal and non-nuclear states will remain non-nuclear. this has not been completely followed, as india/pakistan/israel got the bomb...and supposedly north korea...and iran seems to want to. alternately, the US probably has not scaled back as much as it could.
http://www.un.org/Depts/dda/WMD/treaty/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear...eration_Treaty |
Not to nitpick, but following your link, Israel,India, and Pakistan are not party to the treaty, therefore it has no power over them. Countries like North Korea and Iran are party to it, and that's a problem.