quite true, ms da binsi. it's like a nosy neighbor who sees problems in other households except their own.
so here we go again, attacking another sovereign country. world powers (with nuclear arsenals) don’t want other countries to join their club. if only they set the example first by doing away with what they don’t want others to have. the two countries that are reported to be gearing up to attack iran have nuclear warheads themselves!
excerpted from wikipedia:
"The following is a list of states that have admitted the possession of nuclear weapons, the approximate number of warheads under their control in 2009 (please see below)---
COUNTRIES WITH NUCLEAR WARHEADS THAT ARE SIGNATORIES OF THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) AND ARE SIGNATORIES/RATIFIERS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBC):
USA, active nuclear warheads-2,486; total nuclear warheads-9,600; CBTC status: signatory
Russia, active nuclear warheads-4,650; total nuclear warheads-2,000; CBTC status: ratifier
United Kingdom, active nuclear warheads-less than 160; total nuclear warheads-225; CBTC status: ratifier
France, active nuclear warheads-approximately 300; total nuclear warheads-300; CBTC status: ratifier
China, active nuclear warheads-approximately 180; total nuclear warheads-240; CBTC status: signatory
NON-NPT COUNTRIES WITH NUCLEAR WARHEADS:
India, total nuclear warheads-60 to 80; CBTC status: non-signatory
Pakistan, total nuclear warheads-70 to 90; CBTC status: non-signatory
North Korea, total nuclear warheads-10;CBTC status: non-signatory
UNDECLARED NUCLEAR POWER:
Israel, total nuclear warheads-80; CBTC status: signatory
SUSPECTED TO OWN NUCLEAR WEAPONS:
Syria
Iran
This list is informally known in global politics as the "Nuclear Club". With the exception of Russia and the United States (which have subjected their nuclear forces to independent verification under various treaties) these figures are estimates, in some cases quite unreliable estimates. Also, these figures represent total warheads possessed, rather than deployed. In particular, under the SORT treaty thousands of Russian and U.S. nuclear warheads are in inactive stockpiles awaiting processing. The fissile material contained in the warheads can then be recycled for use in nuclear reactors. (All numbers are estimates from the Natural Resources Defense Council, published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists).
From a high of 65,000 active weapons in 1985, there are now nearly 8,000 active nuclear warheads and more than 22,000 total nuclear warheads in the world in 2010. Many of the "decommissioned" weapons were simply stored or partially dismantled, not destroyed. As of 2009, the total number was expected to continue to decline by 30%–50% over the next decade."
NOTE: depending on one’s source, the number of nuclear warheads owned by the nuclear club varies. an earlier issue of time magazine (2008 or 2009) showed different numbers of nuclear warheads from this source.
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