| 5 nuclear states would disarm, 184 states wouldn't acquire weapons SupportiveArgument1 #55809 The basic bargain underpinning the treaty is that the nuclear weapon states will disarm in return for which the other countries will not seek to acquire nuclear weapons. |
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Citerank: (15) 55818Military utility of landmines and cluster munitions was questionableAn increasing number in the military were already questioning the usefulness of landmines and cluster munitions weapons in modern warfare.1198CE71, 55871Excluded from joint-operations with signatories to the bansCountries that continued to buy and stockpile landmines and cluster munitions found that they were not able to use them in joint operations with allies who were signatories to the bans.1198CE71, 55877Nuclear weapons act as a deterrent to the use of nuclear weaponsThe purpose of nuclear deterrence is to ensure that the weapons are never used.1198CE71, 55885Can't legislate for securityOne cannot legislate for security even in the domestic environment where a whole panoply of enforcement by the police and the courts exists.13EF597B, 55886Laws against murder don't prevent murders occurring1198CE71, 55888Nuclear weapons stocks reduced by two thirds over last 25 yearsThe NPT has helped to reduce nuclear weapons stocks to a third of what they were 25 years ago.1198CE71, 55889NPT has limited nuclear proliferation to a handful of countriesThe NPT has limited proliferation to a handful of countries - not the 20-30 states President Kennedy and others once feared.1198CE71, 128400Can't legislate for securityOne cannot legislate for security even in the domestic environment where a whole panoply of enforcement by the police and the courts exists.13EF597B, 128502Laws against murder don't prevent murders occurring1198CE71, 1285365 nuclear states would disarm, 184 states wouldn't acquire weaponsThe basic bargain underpinning the treaty is that the nuclear weapon states will disarm in return for which the other countries will not seek to acquire nuclear weapons.1198CE71, 128645NPT has limited nuclear proliferation to a handful of countriesThe NPT has limited proliferation to a handful of countries - not the 20-30 states President Kennedy and others once feared.1198CE71, 128806Nuclear weapons stocks reduced by two thirds over last 25 yearsThe NPT has helped to reduce nuclear weapons stocks to a third of what they were 25 years ago.1198CE71, 128822Military utility of landmines and cluster munitions was questionableAn increasing number in the military were already questioning the usefulness of landmines and cluster munitions weapons in modern warfare.1198CE71, 128823Nuclear weapons act as a deterrent to the use of nuclear weaponsThe purpose of nuclear deterrence is to ensure that the weapons are never used.1198CE71, 128942Excluded from joint-operations with signatories to the bansCountries that continued to buy and stockpile landmines and cluster munitions found that they were not able to use them in joint operations with allies who were signatories to the bans.1198CE71 URL: |
| Excerpt / Summary The NPT RevCon as it is known, will be a defining moment after a decade of stalemate and disappointment, when the basic bargain underpinning the treaty – that the 5 Nuclear Weapon States would disarm and the other 184 countries would not acquire nuclear weapons – seemed to be in danger of unravelling. |