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Nuclear weapon states (NWS): A legal term used in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to refer to nations that had detonated a nuclear device prior to 1967.
Nuclear Weapon States
Nuclear weapon states (NWS):
A legal term used in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to refer to nations that had detonated a nuclear device prior to
1967.
"....For the purposes of this Treaty, a nuclear-weapon State is one which has manufactured and exploded a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device prior to 1 January, 1967." (Article 9, paragraph 3 of the NPT)
By this definition, only China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and United States are NWS. So India y a Pakistan are non-nuclear weapon states - NNWS.
|
NWS |
First Test |
Last Test |
No. of test |
| China |
1964 |
1996 |
45 (22 underground) |
| France |
1960 |
1996 |
210 underground |
| Rusia |
1949 |
1990 |
715 (496 underground) |
| United Kingdom |
1952 |
1991 |
45 (24 underground) |
| United States |
1945 |
1992 |
1,030 (815 underground) |
|
NNWS |
First Test |
Last Test |
No. of test |
| India |
1974 |
1998 |
6 |
| Pakistan |
1998 |
1998 |
5 |