India has a largely indigenous nuclear power programme. The Indian government is committed to growing its nuclear power capacity as part of its massive infrastructure development programme. At the start of 2018 six reactors were under construction in India, with a combined capacity of 4.4 GWe. Because India is outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) it was for 34 years largely excluded from trade in nuclear plant and materials, which hampered its development of civil nuclear energy until 2009.
Recent Developments US to Exit INF Treaty The US government has announced to withdraw from the U.S.-Russian Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. What is the INF Treaty: The treaty was signed in December 1987 by the US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. It prohibited the United States and the Soviet Union from possessing, testing and deploying ground-launched cruise and ballistic missiles of ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers (300 to 3,400 miles). Despite its name, the INF Treaty covers all types of ground-launched cruise and ballistic missiles — whether their payload is conventional or nuclear. India enters Wassenaar Arrangement
World Nuke Counts The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released on June 18, 2018 the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2018, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security. Among the key findings: All the nuclear weapon-possessing states are developing new nuclear weapon systems and modernizing their existing systems. Decrease in the Number of Weapons
Reason for the Decrease
New Nuclear Weapons Continue to be Made
US Withdraws from Iran Nuclear Deal U.S. President Donald Trump has announced America’s immediate withdrawal from a landmark nuclear deal with Iran, following through on a threat the US president made as part of his 2016 election campaign.
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Nuclear Treaties & Agreements |
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Treaty & Agreements |
Date |
Descriptions |
African Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone Treaty |
April 11, 1996 |
This treaty, also known as the Treaty of Pelindaba, ensures the denuclearization of Africa. |
Agreed Framework between the United States of America and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
October 21, 1994 |
This framework between the United States and the DPRK resolves the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula by replacing the DPRK’s graphite moderated reactors and related facilities with other alternative energy arrangements. |
Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) |
September 24, 1996 |
This is a legally binding global ban on all nuclear explosive testing. |
Convention on Cluster Munitions |
December 3, 2008 |
This treaty, through prohibition and a framework for action, addresses the humanitarian consequences of civilians by cluster munitions. |
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty |
December 8, 1987 |
This treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union requires destruction of ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with certain ranges, and associated equipment within three years of the Treaty entering into force. |
International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) |
November 25, 2002 |
This code is an agreement between states on how they should conduct their missile trade and bolsters efforts to curb ballistic missile proliferation. |
Latin America Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Tlatelolco) |
February 14, 1967 |
This treaty prohibits Latin American states from not only acquiring and possessing nuclear weapons, but also from allowing the storage or deployment of nuclear weapons on their territories by other states. |
Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT) |
August 5, 1963 |
This prohibits nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, in outer space, under water, and in any other environment if the explosions cause radioactive debris to be present outside the territory of a responsible state. |
Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR |
April 16, 1987 |
This limits the spread of ballistic missiles and other unmanned delivery systems used for chemical, biological and nuclear attacks by encouraging its 35 member states to restrict their exports of technologies capable of delivering any type of WMD. |
New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty |
April 8, 2010 |
A treaty between the Russian Federation and the United States with central standards on further reduction and limitation of offensive arms to be met by February 5, 2018. |
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) |
July 1, 1968 |
This treaty is the basis of international cooperation on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons by promoting disarmament, nonproliferation, and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. |
Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty (PNET) |
May 28, 1976 |
This treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union prohibits peaceful nuclear explosions not covered by the Threshold Test Ban Treaty, and verifies all data exchanges and visits to sites of explosions through national technical means. |
Seabed Arms Control Treaty |
February 11, 1971 |
This treaty sought to prevent the introduction of international conflict and nuclear weapons in areas already free of them. |
South Pacific Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga) |
August 6, 1985 |
This prohibits the manufacture, possession, or control of nuclear explosives, the dumping of radioactive wastes at sea within the defined zone, and the testing or stationing nuclear explosive devices within state territories. |
Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) |
May 24, 2002 |
This treaty required the United States and the Russian Federation to reduce their deployed strategic nuclear forces. It took effect and expired on Dec. 31, 2012. Both could then change the size of their deployed strategic nuclear forces. |
Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT) |
July 3, 1974 |
This treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union established a nuclear threshold through the prohibition of the testing of new or existing nuclear weapons with a yield exceeding 150 kilotons. |
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |
July 17, 2017 |
This treaty prohibits the use, threat of use, development, production, manufacturing, acquisition, possession, stockpiling, transfer, stationing and installment of nuclear weapons or assistance with any prohibited activities. |