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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant situated: Ukraine

Chernobyl disaster happened: 26 April 1986 (nuclear energy accident)

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The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.

Signed: 1 July 1968

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The Nuclear Technology Center of Isfahan is a nuclear research facility that currently operates four small nuclear research reactors, all supplied by China.

It is run by the AEOI.

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  US Air Force tested an unarmed ICBM from California on 16 August 2022.
• ICBM stands for: intercontinental ballistic missile 

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  US Air Force tested an unarmed ICBM from California on 16 August 2022.
• ICBM stands for: intercontinental ballistic missile 

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 U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge on 14 July 2022  to deny Iran nuclear arms, a show of unity by allies long divided over diplomacy with Iran.

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The Iran nuclear deal is formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

It was agreed upon in 2015 between Iran and six world powers to limit Iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions.

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Vladimir Putin announced that Russia was suspending its participation in the NEW START treaty on February 21, 2023.

This move was part of escalating tensions between Russia and the US regarding nuclear arms control.

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Number of Nuclear weapons in SIPRI report 2024

Russia: 5580 (first)

USA: 5044 (second)

India: 172

Pakistan: 170

Note: SIPRI is a think tank from Sweden. 

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Nuclear triad, a three-sided military-force structure consisting of land-launched nuclear missiles, nuclear-missile-armed submarines, and strategic aircraft with nuclear bombs and missiles.

• Bomber aircraft: Aircraft carrying nuclear bombs, or nuclear-armed cruise missiles, for use against ground or sea targets
• Land-based missiles (MRBMs or ICBMs): Delivery vehicles powered by a liquid or solid-fueled rocket that primarily travel in a ballistic (free-fall) trajectory.
• Ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs): Nuclear missiles launched from ships or submarines. They are classified under an umbrella of vessels and submarines that are capable of launching a ballistic missile