Nuclear Powers

Nuclear Powers

• There are five countries recognized in the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968 as nuclear powers: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Although they did not participate in the NPT, India and Pakistan also possess nuclear weapons.

• http://www.icanw.org/the-facts/nuclear-arsenals/

  • Provided by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, this source discusses which countries possess nuclear weapons, and how many weapons they possess.

  
  
  

• http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat

  • Provided by the Arms Control Association, this website discusses the modern Nuclear-Weapon States, their stockpiles, and other countries that are attempting to become nuclear powers.

  
  
  

Nonproliferation treaty

• • http://www.un.org/disarmament/WMD/Nuclear/NPT.shtml

    • Provided by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, this website discusses the treaty for the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons.

    
    
    

  • https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2003_12/Bunn

    • Provided by the Arms Control Association, this website discusses the treaty for the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and ties it in to current affairs.

    
    
    

  • https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/npt

    • Provided by the U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian, this website discusses the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968, and discusses how the U.S. has worked to conform to the requirements of this treaty.