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Nuclear Armed States
Nuclear Weapons by Country Country Year Warheads USA 1945 5,113 USSR (Russia from 1991) 1949 12,000 (2010 est.) UK 1952 225 (2011) France 1960 350 (unconfirmed) China 1964 240 (2009) India 1974 100-120 (2011 est.) Israel 1979 300-400? Pakistan 1998 100-110 (2011 est.) North Korea 2006 6-8 (unconfirmed) Nations suspected of developing WMD Japan 1952? Unknown Iran 2005? Existence unproven Myanmar 2007? Existence unproven
Nations formaly developing Nucear Weapons Year Terminated Albania 1970s 1993-2007 Algeria 1980s 1995 Argenina 1978 1983 Australia 1955 1970 Belarus 1949 1996 Brazil 1978 1990 China (Taiwan) 1967 1988 Egypt 1950s 1967 Iraq 1970s 1981-1991 Kazakhstan 1949 1996 Libya 1970s 2003 Poland 1960 1991 Romania 1980 1990-2003 South Africa 1979 1994 South Korea 1970 1975 Sweden 1960s 1972 Switzerland 1950s 1969 Ukraine 1949 1996 Yugoslavia 1960s 1999
Nations hosting Nuclear Weapons Ended Capable of developing Belgium No Canada 1984 Yes Cuba 1962 No Germany Yes Greece 2001 No Italy Yes Lithuania Yes Mexico Yes Netherlands Yes Saudi Arabia Yes South Korea 1991 No Turkey No Note: Those marked in red have not signed the NNP treaty.
Armed forces by country
Nations with the largest armed forces by personnel China, P.R.C (active 2,285,000, total 4,585,000) U.S.S.R (total 4,210,000. [1991]) United States (active 1,429,995, total 2,291,910) India (active 1,325,000, total 4,768,407) North Korea (active 1,106,000, total 9,495,000) Russian Federation (active 1,040,000, total 3,524,000) South Korea (687,000, total 5,187,000) Turkey (active, 664,060, total 1,194,960) Yugoslavia (active 642,000, total 3,200,000) (c.1978) Pakistan (active 617,000, total 1,434,000) Iran (active 523,000, total 2,383,000) Egypt (active 468,500, total 1,344,500) Vietnam (active 455,000, total 5,495,000) Myanmar (active 406,000, total 513,250) France (active 352,771, total 469,461) Brazil (active 327,710, total 2,062,710) Syria (active 325,000, total 747,000) Thailand (active 305,860, total 664,560) Indonesia (active, 302,000, total, 982,000) Italy (active, 293,202, total 478,002) Republic of China (Taiwan), (active 290,000, total 1,964,000) Mexico (active 267,506, total 343,905) Saudi Arabia (active 233,500, total 249,000) Japan (active 230,000, total 284,350) Afghanistan (total, 200,000) Britain (active 197,780, total 410,180) Morocco (active 195,000, total 395,800) Germany (active 185,498, total 329,498) Greece (active 177,600, total 461,600) Israel (active 176,000, total 629,150) Sri Lanka (active 160,900, total 259,000) Bangladesh (active 157,053, total 220,953) D.R. Congo (active 151,251, total 152,651) Ethiopia (total, 138,000) Ukraine (active 129,925, total 1,214,825) Spain (active 128,013, total, 527,223) Venezuela (active 115,000 total 123,000) Sudan (active 109,000, total 211,800)
Military Alliances
Collective Security Treaty Organisation15 May 1992 Military allience signed by 7 of 15 fomer USSR members07 Oct 2002 Charter of Tshkent founds CSTOSecretary-general28 Apr 2003 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Bordyuzha (RF)
Members07 Oct 2002 - Armenia - Belarus- Kazakhstan- Kyrgyzstan- Russian Federation- TajikistanObservers Iran11 Apr 2013 - Afghanistan11 Apr 2013 - SerbiaSuspended Members 1994 - 1999 - Azerbaijan 1994 - 1999 - Georgia2006 - 2012 - Uzbekistan
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation04 Apr 1949 NATO Formed30 Aug - 30 Sep 1995 Bombing of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Opperation Deliberate Force)24 Mar - 10 Jun 1999 Bombing of Yugoslavia (Opperation Allied Force)12 Jun 1999 - NATO led Kosovo Force (KFOR) in Kosovo, Yugoslavia07 Oct 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan (Opperation Enduring Freedom)16 Apr 2003 - Takes command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)19 Mar - 31 Oct 2011 Military intervention in Libya (Opperation Unified Protector)Secretaries-general04 Apr 1952 - 16 May 1957 Lord Hastings Lionel Ismay ............... 1887-1965 (UK)16 May 1957 - 04 Mar 1961 Paul-Henri Charles Spaak ................. 1899-1971 (Belgium)21 Apr 1961 - 31 Jul 1964 Dirk Uipko Stikker ....................... 1897-1979 (Netherlands)01 Aug 1964 - 30 Sep 1971 Manlio Giovanni Brosio ................... 1897-1980 (Italy)01 Oct 1971 - 25 Jun 1984 Joseph Antoine Marie Hubert Luns ......... 1911-2002 (Netherlands)25 Jun 1984 - 30 Jun 1988 Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington ........ 1919- (UK)01 Jul 1988 - 13 Aug 1994 Manfred Hermann Wörner ................... 1934-1994 (Germany)17 Oct 1994 - 20 Oct 1995 Willem Werner Hubert Claes (Belgium)05 Dec 1995 - 06 Oct 1999 Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga (Spain)14 Oct 1999 - 17 Dec 2003 George Islay MacNeil Robertson (UK)05 Jan 2004 - 31 Jul 2009 Jakob Gijsbert de Hoop Scheffer (Netherlands)01 Aug 2009 - 30 Sep 2014 Anders Fogh Rasmussen (Denmark)01 Oct 2014 - Jens Stoltenberg ......................... 1959- (Norway)US Supreme Allied Commanders of Europe02 Apr 1951 - 30 May 1952 Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower ............. 1890-196930 May 1952 - 11 Jul 1953 Gen. Matthew Bunker Ridgway .............. 1895-199311 Jul 1953 - 20 Nov 1956 Gen. Alfred Maximilian Gruenther ......... 1899-198320 Nov 1956 - 31 Dec 1962 Gen. Lauris Norstad ...................... 1907-198801 Jan 1963 - 30 Jun 1969 Gen. Lyman Louis Lemnitzer ............... 1899-198801 Jul 1969 - 15 Dec 1974 Gen. Andrew Jackson Goodpaster ........... 1915-200515 Dec 1974 - 30 Jun 1979 Gen. Alexander Meigs Haig ................ 1924-201001 Jul 1979 - 26 Jan 1987 Gen. Bernard William Rogers .............. 1921-200826 Jan 1987 - 23 Jun 1992 Gen. John Rogers Galvin .................. 1929-23 Jun 1992 - 22 Oct 1993 Gen. John Malchase David Shalikashvili ... 1936-201122 Oct 1993 - 11 Jul 1997 Gen. George Alfred Joulwan11 Jul 1997 - 03 May 2000 Gen. Wesley Kanne Clark03 May 2000 - 17 Jan 2003 Gen. Joseph W. Ralston17 Jan 2003 - 07 Dec 2006 Gen. James Logan Jones07 Dec 2006 - 02 Jul 2009 Gen. Bantz John Caddock02 Jul 2009 - 06 May 2013 Admiral. James George Stavidis ........... 1955-06 May 2013 - Gen. Philip Mark Breedlove ............... 1955-
Members 24 Aug 1949 - Kingdom of Belgium- Kingdom of Canada- Kingdom of Denmark- Republic of France[1]- Republic of Iceland- Republic of Italy- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg- Kingdom of the Netherlands- Kingdom of Norway- Republic of Portugal- United Kingdom- United States18 Feb 1952 - Kingdom of Greece[2]- Turkey05 May 1955 - Federal Republic of Germany30 May 1982 - Kingdom of Spain12 May 1999 - Czech Republic- Republic of Hungary- Republic of Poland29 Mar 2004 - Republic of Bulgaria- Republic of Estonia- Republic of Latvia- Republic of Lithuania- Republic of Romania- Republic of Slovakia- Republic of Slovenia01 Apr 2009 - Republic of Albania- Republic of Croatia [1](withdrew from integrated command 1966-2009)[2](withdrew from integrated command 1974-1980)
Shanghai Co-operation Organisation26 Apr 1996 Shanghai Five founded15 Jun 2001 Renamed SCOSecretaries-general15 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2006 Zhang Deguang (China)01 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2009 Bolat Kabdylkhamit Nurgali (Kazakhstan)01 Jan 2010 - Muratbek Sansyzba Imanali (Kyrgyzstan)
Members 26 Apr 1996 - People's Republic of China- Kazakhstan- Kyrgyzstan- Russian Federation- Tajikistan07 Jun 2002 - Uzbekistan Observer Members AfghanistanIndiaIranMongoliaPakistan Dialogue PartnersBelarus Sri Lanka
Warsaw Treaty Organisation14 May 1955 Warsaw Treaty of Frendship signed04 Nov 1956 Invasion of Hungary21 Aug 1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia31 Jul 1991 Officially dissolvedCommanders-in-chief of the Joint Armed Forces (all from USSR)15 May 1955 - 23 Jul 1960 Ivan Stepanovich Konev ................... 1897-197323 Jul 1960 - 07 Jul 1967 Andrei Antonovich Grechko ................ 1903-197607 Jul 1967 - 30 Nov 1976 Ivan Ignatyevich Yakubovsky .............. 1912-197608 Jan 1977 - 02 Feb 1989 Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov .............. 1921-201302 Feb 1989 - 31 Jul 1991 Pyotr Georgievich Lushev ................. 1923-1997
Members 14 May 1955 - People's Republic of Albania[1]- Socialist Republic of Bulgaria- Socialist Republic of Czechoslovakia- German Democratic Republic[2]- Socialist Republic of Hungary[3]- Socialist Republic of Poland- Socialist Republic of Romania- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [1] Withdrew 1968, [2] Withdrew 1990, [3]Attempted withdral 1956
Western European Union17 Mar 1948 Treat of Brussels signed23 Oct 1954 WEU defensive alliance formed01 Dec 2009 Treaty of Lisbon takes over WEU clauses30 Jun 2011 DissolvedSecretaries-general07 Mar 1955 - 14 Dec 1962 Louis Goffin15 Dec 1962 - 31 Dec 1970 Maurice Iweins d'Eeckhoutte01 Jan 1971 - 30 Sep 1974 Georges Heisbourg01 Oct 1974 - 24 Feb 1977 Friedrich-Karl von Plehwe01 Mar 1977 - 31 May 1985 Edouard Longerstaey17 Jun 1985 - 11 May 1989 Alfred Cahen15 May 1989 - 15 Nov 1994 Willem Frederik van Eekelen16 Nov 1994 - 24 Nov 1999 José Cutileiro25 Nov 1999 - 24 Nov 2009 Javier Solana Madariaga25 Nov 2009 - 30 Jun 2011 Arnaud Marie Pierre André Jacomet
Members 17 Mar 1948 - Belgium- France- Luxembourg- Netherlands- UK23 Oct 1954 - Germany- Italy27 Mar 1990 - Portugal- Spain06 Mar 1995 - Greece