Who continues to maintain a large nuclear arsenal and even spreads I say, spreads nuclear weapons outside its own borders?

It had ignored and defied all resolutions on the subject, developing its own nuclear arsenal.

(d) Certain nuclear weapon States must stop avoiding their Treaty obligations and refrain from justifying the existence of Israel's nuclear programme and arsenal.

Since the end of the cold war, NATO has significantly reduced the number of tactical nuclear weapons in its arsenal.

Israel's possession of a huge arsenal of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons represents yet another immense threat to the Middle East.

A toxic nuclear dump can very easily serve as an arsenal for terrorists in their quest for weapons of mass destruction.

An effective non proliferation regime will not be possible unless the major nuclear powers, especially the United States and Russia, take urgent steps toward nuclear disarmament. Together, they hold nearly 25,000 nuclear warheads 96 of the global nuclear arsenal.

The EU calls on China to join the other nuclear weapon States in declaring a moratorium on the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices and to abstain from any increase in its nuclear arsenal.

The nuclear and toxic dump can very easily constitute an arsenal for the terrorists in their quest for weapons of mass destruction.

It had been almost 11 years since Ukraine's landmark decision to forswear what had been the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world.

As a State that has voluntarily renounced its nuclear arsenal the fourth largest in the world Kazakhstan is actively involved in negotiations to establish a nuclear weapon free zone in Central Asia.

So we stand today with a still fully armed nuclear arsenal among many countries around the world, but a very different set of circumstances.

Israel has never acknowledged having nuclear weapons, let alone the size and scope of its arsenal. Israeli policymakers refuse to talk about the subject.

Another option would be to bring the country s nuclear arsenal out of the basement altogether. Israel could then mimic other nuclear armed states by flexing its capacity through announcement and transparent nuclear deployment on land and sea, thereby promoting deterrence.

Their arsenal is very powerful.

And from 1949 to 1985 was an extraordinary time of a buildup of a nuclear arsenal that no one could possibly have imagined back in the 1940s.

The nuclear arsenal of those States which are not parties to the Treaty is a serious topic of concern, with regard to Article VI of the Treaty.

Now they claim to have manufactured nuclear weapons for self defense. Although there had been several unofficial statements by Kim Jong Il s regime admitting that North Korea possessions nuclear arsenal, the announcement was the first official confirmation.

It was essential that the nuclear weapon States should reduce their arsenal in a progressive, systematic, irreversible, transparent and measurable manner, thus proving that they were respecting their obligations.

MOSCOW In a recent speech in Berlin, US President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to nuclear disarmament and proposed steps toward achieving that goal. But Russia has made clear that it does not plan to pursue further reductions to its nuclear arsenal any time soon.

Israel's continued possession of a substantial arsenal of weapons of mass destruction including nuclear weapons constitutes another dangerous dimension to the instability in the region and threatens the future of all its peoples.

China might be willing to make a unilateral, but enforceable, commitment not to augment its nuclear arsenal, if Russia and the US reduce theirs further. Determining the circumstances that might induce such restraint and the conditions that would be needed to sustain it is crucial to reinvigorating nuclear disarmament efforts.

The idea was that we would force the Soviets to re target their nuclear weapons very expensive and potentially double their arsenal, to not only take out the original site, but take out sites where people were going.

According to media reports, it has devised a strategy for deploying Special Forces to neutralize Pakistan s nuclear arsenal in the event that its authorities lose control. And some government connected think tanks have explored the possibility of deploying US combat forces to address nuclear risks in North Korea if the regime crumbles.

TEL AVIV The current drive to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear arsenal reflects two important, and interrelated, changes. From Israel s perspective, these changes are to be welcomed, though its government must remain cautious about the country s own role.

The third analogy is reflected in Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert s recent references to Israel s nuclear deterrent, which may have been a mistake, but probably indicate the evolution of Israeli strategic thinking. Olmert seemed to be reminding the Iranians of the hard realities of nuclear deterrence Iran may join the nuclear club someday, but it will return to the Stone Age if it uses those weapons against a country that has a far more advanced nuclear arsenal.

In exchange for this, however, Pakistan would have to limit the number of tactical nuclear weapons in its arsenal and cease development work on them. Moreover, Pakistan would have to mothball the short range Nasr missile, which has already been shown to be capable of delivering small nuclear weapons over a distance of 50 75 kilometers.

The fact that the international community has turned a blind eye to Israel's development of a nuclear arsenal, that it has failed to demand that Israel cease its nuclear activities, and, worse still, that it has cooperated openly or secretly with it, has created an imbalanced and abnormal situation which has prompted others to follow suit.

They could not possibly succeed in convincing the country s powerful military establishment to place constraints on the development of the country s nuclear arsenal. Indeed, the US effort merely widened the divide on security issues within Pakistani a situation that serves no one s interests.

Work needs to be continued on improving the arsenal of United Nations human rights instruments.

Indeed, the arsenal for that fight must become fully functional and enable States to prevent terrorist acts.

Part of the Israeli nuclear arsenal is being shifted to sea, with atomic warheads on diesel submarines, to prevent their being targeted in a surprise attack. Israel also is launching a new generation of satellites to provide early warning of other countries preparations for missile strikes.

In East Asia, North Korea has gone nuclear and is set to add a whole new class of uranium bombs to its arsenal. It has rehearsed quick missile salvos, showing that it could launch attacks on South Korea and Japan before any counter strike could be landed.

I have no doubt that India s political leaders are just as responsible in handling their country s arsenal as leaders of the five original nuclear powers. But there is a significant difference the original five have signed the NPT, and have stopped producing fissile material for weapons.

In addition, the military s role as guarantor of stability, and its tight control of Pakistan s nuclear arsenal, the army s crown jewels, will continue. The Bush administration can therefore enthusiastically back a return to civilian rule and claim a much needed victory for democracy in a Muslim country.

While North Korea s nuclear arsenal is much smaller, persistent doubts about the regime s sustainability make it a matter of grave concern. In the event of the regime s collapse a distinct possibility it would be difficult to prevent the diversion of its assets, or even the use of its weapons.

In all of these revisions, Russia survives, despite the writing on its economic wall. While Russia retains the world s largest (if somewhat aging) arsenal of nuclear weapons, as well as a permanent seat (and thus veto power) on the UN Security Council, it is more sick than BRIC.

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The US media and government focus their rhetoric on the possibility of Pakistan s nuclear arsenal falling into Taliban hands. The other obvious Western concern recently expressed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is the threat of a crucible of terrorism in the border areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan endangering world security.

During the Cold War, the US had been even more vulnerable, in technological terms, to a nuclear attack from Russia, but mutual assured destruction prevented the worst by keeping vulnerability more or less symmetrical. Russia controlled great force, but it could not acquire power over the US from its arsenal.

What a tragedy it would be if space became one big weapons arsenal and the scene of a new arms race.

Those defenders are often underappreciated, not least Jonny Evans, who is said to have Arsenal chasing him following their latest injury crisis.

It also calls for pressure on Israel to force it to comply with the wishes of the international community, implement the relevant United Nations resolutions, put an end to its colonialist ambitions exemplified by its occupation of the territories of three States, namely Syria, Palestine and Lebanon, and stop the development of its nuclear arsenal.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, whose club is owned by an American sports tycoon, shares La Liga's reservations about a state funding a club.

The first is to rely on deterrence and live with an Iran that has a small nuclear arsenal or the ability to assemble one with little advance notice. The second is to launch a preventive military strike aimed at destroying critical parts of the Iranian program and setting back its progress by an estimated two or more years.