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===Test Ban Treaty===
===Test Ban Treaty===
Probably mostly adopted, except by bad actor states?
Probably mostly adopted, except by bad actor states?
The Matriarchy of [[Kerlile]] refused to adopt the treaty due to the relative infancy of their nuclear program compared with other nuclear powers.


===Bilateral and Regional Treaties===
===Bilateral and Regional Treaties===

Revision as of 16:36, 3 April 2023

Nuclear weapons, including both strategic and tactical varieties, are maintained by numerous sovereign states on Earth in the International Democratic Union, with varying numbers of warheads and delivery capabilities. Although the SALIENT Treaty has largely been successful in constraining the size of nuclear arsenals, the lack of a major anti-proliferation treaty or norm against proliferation has lead to the widespread development of state nuclear programs. Nuclear testing, meanwhile, is constrained by the XXXX Treaty. Nuclear weapons have only once been used in wartime, with the 1998 Atomic Decimation in Iskiram during the Iskiram War of Unity. The Decimation resulted in the death of over 136,000 people, many of them civilians, in the city of Foujil.

The worldwide Anti-nuclear movement, which seeks to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in existence due to its threat to human life and the biosphere, has existed for decades.

History

Darya Paperclip, first detonation

Nuclear Arms Control

SALIENT Treaty

The Strategic Arms Limitation Imposition for Emerging Nuclear Technologies (SALIENT) Treaty, ratified in 1974, is a global treaty limiting the size of strategic nuclear arms stockpiles. Under the treaty, states which possessed nuclear weapons as of January 1st, 1974 were limited to a cap of 300 nuclear warheads, while nations afterwards were limited to 200 warheads. Treaty signatories are also subject to inspections by IONC (International Organization for Nuclear Cooperation) inspectors.

This treaty is the most significant component of the global nuclear arms control regime.

New SALIENT

Failed 2011 attempt at expanding the treaty.

Test Ban Treaty

Probably mostly adopted, except by bad actor states? The Matriarchy of Kerlile refused to adopt the treaty due to the relative infancy of their nuclear program compared with other nuclear powers.

Bilateral and Regional Treaties

Nuclear Weapon Capabilities by Country

No-first-use policies: Huenya.

Nuclear Weapon Capabilities by Country
Country Warheads (Total) Warheads (Deployed) Date and Site of First Test SALIENT Status Delivery Methods