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Today eight countries are in possessionn of nuclear weapons. The five nuclear weapons states United States, Russia (former Soviet Union), United Kingdom, France and China, are the only countries allowed to have nuclear weapons according to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) from 1970. All members of the United Nations except Israel, India and Pakistan have signed the NPT.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed by 43 members between 1 July 1968 and 5 March 1970.
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In 1963 the US and the Soviet Union Signed a nuclear Test Ban Treaty which banned the testing of atomic weapons. A hotline was also set up between Moscow and Washington D.C.
On August 5, 1963, representatives of the United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere.
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also know as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT.
Today eight countries are in possessionn of nuclear weapons. The five nuclear weapons states United States, Russia (former Soviet Union), United Kingdom, France and China, are the only countries allowed to have nuclear weapons according to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) from 1970. All members of the United Nations except Israel, India and Pakistan have signed the NPT.
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On August 5, 1963, representatives of the United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed by 43 members between 1 July 1968 and 5 March 1970.
The last U.S. above-ground (atmospheric) test was in 1963. The last U.S. underground test was in 1992. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (signed by many major powers) ended testeing of all kinds, atmospheric or underground, in 1992. The U.S. models (with supercomputers) characteristics of nuclear weapons 'explosions' in order to 'test' its weapons designs.
It's a pact in order to reduce the production of nuclear weapons