WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statement about the spread of nuclear weapons is a fact rather than an opinion?
A
Only developing nations are concerned about the spread of nuclear weapons
B
The United States and Russia signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties during the 1970’s
C
The spread of nuclear weapons was a smaller problem in the 1990s than it was in the 1970s
D
Nations possessing nuclear weapons should not have to limit to the production of weapons
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) includes a comprehensive set of prohibitions on participating in any nuclear weapon activities. These include undertakings not to develop, test, produce, acquire, possess, stockpile, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons.

Detailed explanation-2: -The deal, officially known as the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, was signed in Prague in 2010 by then U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. It is the last remaining nuclear agreement between the U.S. and Russia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The INF Treaty was a bilateral agreement between the US and USSR. It was the first treaty to reduce nuclear arms instead of creating an arms ceiling.

Detailed explanation-4: -The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Widespread international concern about the spiralling number of nuclear weapons in the world led to the establishment of the NPT in 1968, a UN treaty which sought to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and bring about eventual disarmament.

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