Nuclear weapons in the International Democratic Union

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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 Strategic Arms Limitation and Imposition on Emerging Nuclear Technologies (SALIENT) Treaty has largely been successful in constraining the size of nuclear arsenals, the lack of a major anti-proliferation treaty or customary norm against proliferation has lead to the widespread development of state nuclear programs. Nuclear testing, meanwhile, is constrained by the International Agreement on the Limitation of Nuclear Testing (IALNT). 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

A still photograph taken moments after XBN-1 - the world's first nuclear weapon - is detonated in Operation First Light.

Darya Paperclip, first detonation

Nuclear Arms Control

SALIENT Treaty

The Strategic Arms Limitation and Imposition on 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

New SALIENT was an attempt to achieve multilateral nuclear disarmament via a proposed plan for nuclear states possessing over 60 warheads to slash their stockpiles by 40%. Talks, held in New Liverpool, Slokais Islands in 2011 at the behest of Laeralian President Nicholas Brennan ultimately failed to reach a final agreement.

International Agreement on the Limitation of Nuclear Testing

The International Agreement on the Limitation of Nuclear Testing (IALNT), which bans nuclear testing in the atmosphere, in space, and underwater, was prompted by fears of environmental radiation contamination, and was initially ratified by six nuclear powers in 1983 and has achieved widespread adoption in subsequent decades.

The Matriarchy of Kerlile refused to adopt the treaty due to the relative infancy of their nuclear program compared with other nuclear powers.

Strategic Nuclear Armament Prohibition Treaty

The Strategic Nuclear Armament Prohibition Treaty (SNAP) Treaty, which prohibits the use, development, and possession of strategic nuclear weapons by state parties, was drafted by numerous non-nuclear states in an effort to stigmatise the existence of nuclear weapons. It also includes a provision prohibiting providing assistance to other states in engaging in these activities, and a process through which states possessing nuclear weapons may safely and effectively disarm their stockpiles. As of 2023, the treaty had not yet received the required number of signatures to enter into force, and no state possessing nuclear weapons has signed it.

Bilateral and Regional Treaties

Nuclear Weapon Capabilities by Country

Nuclear Weapon Capabilities by Country
Country Strategic Warheads Tactical Warheads First Test Number of Tests Treaty Status Delivery Methods First Strike Declaration Notes
Total Deployed Total Deployed Date Site SALIENT IALNT SNAP
 Eiria 30 0 15 0 1969-07-06 Sāl dei Ašarei, Krastalen Ratified Ratified Non-signatory Submarine, Strategic Bomber
 Greater Acadia
 Huenya No First Strike
 Kerlile 30[a] 0 5[a] 0 1999-03-13 Restricted Region, Kerlile 6 Non-signatory Non-signatory Non-signatory Strategic bomber, ballistic missile[b] No First Strike [c]
 Laeral 140 64 0 0 1970-02-28 Yihui Valley, Xueyan SAR 26 Ratified Ratified Non-signatory Submarine, strategic bomber First Strike
 Libertas Omnium Maximus 120 85 1969-06-26 Cambria Desert, Cambria 127 Ratified
Withdrawn[d]
 Non-signatory Ballistic missile First Strike [e]
 Misumi 45 20 0 0 1994-09-14[f] Northern Ocean, northeastern Hesperida 8 Ratified Non-signatory Non-signatory Submarine, strategic bomber No First Strike[g]
 Novella Islands 300[h] 220[i] ~1,200[j] 0[k] 1968-06-21 (Operation First Light) Belfort Atoll, Novella Islands Overseas Territories 715 Ratified
(with interpretative declaration)[l] 		Non-signatory Non-signatory Strategic: Nuclear triad
Tactical: Submarine, surface ship 		First Strike[m]
 Opthelia 200 0 0 0 1982-01-01 (Operation New Year) Burton Plains, Opthelia 11 Acceded Ratified Non-signatory Strategic bomber No public position[n] [o]
 Sanctaria 345[p] 225[q] 1969-02-14[r] Salt Marshes, The Uniea 485 Non-signatory Non-signatory Non-signatory Triad No First Strike [s]
 Shuell
 Slokais Islands 10-15 (2023)
150 (1998) 		1 0 0 1993-03-17 Isla San Augusto, Eastern Isles 1 Ratified Strategic bomber [t]
 Thousand Branches 0 0 15 Non-signatory Non-signatory Non-signatory

Notes

  1. ↑ a b Estimated number, as Kerlile does not allow inspections or publish information.
  2. ↑ Missiles provided by Xiomera rather than domestically produced.
  3. ↑ Currently still attempting to develop ICBMs that would allow for delivery of nuclear warheads, however no successful tests have yet taken place.
  4. ↑ Withdrew from agreement in 1990.
  5. ↑ Allegedly violated IALNT provisions during a practical defense systems test in 1989 involving an atmospheric detonation.
  6. ↑ Operation Fire Blossom
  7. ↑ Since 2020, before only allowed first strike in case of invasion.
  8. ↑ 120 × NBM-11 nuclear ballistic missiles (submarine-launched);
    100 × NBM-35 nuclear ballistic missiles (ground-launched);
    80 × NBM-72 nuclear ballistic missiles (air-launched).
  9. ↑ 12 × NBM-11 nuclear ballistic missiles aboard 10 designated Cobra-class ballistic missile submarines;
    5 × NBM-35 nuclear ballistic missiles stationed at 20 designated ballistic missile launch sites.
    The 2 × NBM-72 nuclear ballistic missiles aboard 40 designated B-90 Javelins are not deployed, unless the Novella Islands is in a state of war with another nuclear power.
  10. ↑ Assuming one-quarter of the missile armament of the nuclear-capable classes of the Novella Islands Navy - the Sagittarius-class guided missile cruiser, Gungnir-class guided missile destroyer, Taipan-class guided missile submarine, and the carrier-based AF-99C Striker II - are equipped with tactical nuclear warheads (the so-called 'Standard Mix').
  11. ↑ The Novella Islands does not deploy tactical nuclear weapons unless it is in a state of war with another nuclear power.
  12. ↑ The Novella Islands considers multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs) as a single weapon, under the restrictions of the SALIENT Treaty. To this effect, it entered an interpretative declaration stating that "[t]he Social Republic of the Novella Islands interprets the definition of nuclear ballistic missile to include a single launching device as a whole, at the moment of launch, regardless of the subsequent changes to the missile's structure or form while in flight."
  13. ↑ Limited by the Indiscriminate Weapons Partial Ban Act 2023.
  14. ↑ Opthelia maintains an explicit policy of ambiguity with respect to the circumstances in which it will implement its nuclear arsenal in combat.
  15. ↑ Opthelia conducted only 11 nuclear tests before signing and ratifying the IALNT; as a result, it has only ever possessed its original gravity bomb design, the New Year-type. In practice, although this design is employed within a strategic role by Opthelia, other nations have developed and deployed tactical nuclear weapons with far greater yields.
  16. ↑ Declared number as of 2008. Sanctaria has not allowed updated numbers to be released publicly.
  17. ↑ Estimated numbers based on Sanctarian military infrastructure. A confirmed number has not been released publicly.
  18. ↑ Project God's Righteous Love
  19. ↑ Sanctaria has never been a signatory to any international agreement on nuclear weapons. Their large arsenal has been explained by successive governments as "defence policy safeguards". Sanctaria as a member of the World Assembly does comply with any resolutions to do with nuclear weapons and their proliferation.
  20. ↑ Nuclear Program ended in 2002.
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