... those of Beijing roughly tenfold, even though China is
predicted
to have about a thousand nuclear warheads by 2030. Moreover, preventing bilateral arms control arrangements... ... any other limitations in terms of producing highly enriched uranium or plutonium for nuclear weapons. No matter how delicately Zhongnanhai has been hiding its nuclear program... ... Arrangement in Northeast Asia
Three out of four world’s
de facto
nuclear armed states (non-NPT) can be found in the Asia-Pacific. Such countries choose not to participate in the...
... would have been completely dismantled, after which the question of the viability of the NPT and CTBT would obviously arise.
In addition, the destruction of this system would... ... strategic land-based and submarine-based missiles, medium-range missiles, non-strategic nuclear weapons, as well as space strike systems, cyber and laser weapons, and many... ... militarisation of outer space and cyber security.
In the context of the ongoing US accusations of Russian and Chinese hacking of one or another system of state and party...
... next link in the chain of disintegration is the bilateral START III Treaty. Mutual accusations about the failure to abide by this treaty – at least in terms of its spirit... ... before our eyes. Washington has launched a campaign accusing Moscow of conducting secret nuclear weapons tests. Thus, the future of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty... ... insist on tests will exert more pressure on the public.
The ultimate destruction of NPT would be the final nail in the coffin for nuclear arms control. Its Article VI notes...
... intermediate-range nuclear-armed missiles by 1991 — the first time ever that an entire class of nuclear weapons has been
eliminated
. In July 2014, the US State Department officially... ... range that is prohibited by the treaty. Since then, Russia has repeatedly denied the accusations, and has accused the United States of deploying defense systems in Romania... ... over the compatibility of NATO nuclear-sharing practice with the provisions of the NPT
Statement by the Euro-Atlantic Security Leadership Group: Support for Dialogue Among...
